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From The Nursery: Down At The Bottom Of The Garden…
Posted on 3rd May 2017 Last month, the Little Learners had a special visitor to talk about his job. Theo’s Daddy came to talk to us about how he looks after the plants and flowers at Trentham Gardens. We learned the names of different plants and how we need to take care of them by…
Reception's Play: The Enormous Turnip
Posted on 3rd May 2017 Reception have performed their play “The Enormous Turnip”, twice this week, once to the school and once to the parents. Everyone was very excited at having both their costumes and make-up on. We all tried our best to speak clearly, sing beautifully and dance carefully! The man and boy carefully…
U11 Rounders v. The Ryleys
Posted on 3rd May 2017 All of the girls from Years 5 and 6 travelled to The Ryleys School for their first Rounders match of the season. It was a very encouraging start. We batted first and there were some excellent hits and it wasn’t long before rounders and half-rounders were scored. On the whole…
U9 Athletics v. The Ryleys
Posted on 3rd May 2017 Pupils from Years 3 and 4 took part in a friendly athletics competition with The Ryleys School to introduce them to track and field athletics. There were sprints and long distance runs, relays, throwing and long jump. Pupils had been selected for each event but others were encouraged to try…
Learning Through Experiences in Form 1
Posted on 3rd May 2017 In Form 1, we place great emphasis on learning through experience, both inside and outside of the classroom. Linked to our science topic on ‘Classification of Animals’, Form 1 visited Chester Zoo, where we further learned about the animals we have been studying, including their habitats and the food they…
Nursery Blog: New Supervisor for the Babies
Posted on 3rd May 2017 Introducing the new Baby Room Supervisor, Ellie Jankowski: How long have you worked at Edenhurst?I have now worked at Edenhurst for 5 years. I originally started in the Explorers Room and have just spent 4 years in the Little Learners Room. Have you worked with Babies before?In my previous job…
Edenhurst Writing Competition
Posted on 30th Mar 2017 We were invited to take part in a Bellevue Schools initiative in the form of a Writing Competition, so we gave the children a range of writing tasks and selected two from each class to be considered to be entered. The pieces were judged externally with the results shown below….
Toddlers Enjoy Zoo Topic
Posted on 30th Mar 2017 We’re going to the Zoo… To finish our recent theme on Animals, the Toddlers decided to have a dressing up day where they would come to Nursery dressed as Animals! We had a monkey, elephant, lion, giraffe, cat, bear and even a zebra! We practiced making the different sounds of…
Newcastle-under-Lyme Festival of Speech & Drama
Posted on 30th Mar 2017 On 18th March 2017, Speech and Drama students from Edenhurst performed at the Newcastle-under-Lyme Festival of Speech and Drama. This can be a very daunting and nerve-wracking experience as they have to perform acting pieces (both solo and duologue) and poetry in front of an audience made up of not only…
Early Learners Introduction to Forest School Event
Posted on 27th Mar 2017 Our Early Learner children recently enjoyed a special Forest school taster lesson, as part of their transition to Reception. Forest school is a type of outdoor education that offers all children regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in the natural environment. Reception have…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
