Archive for 2014

Elstree School

Maths Challenge Competitions

Elstree has taken part in a couple of maths challenge competitions over the last week. The first was the Dauntsey’s Dodecahedron Competition, in which a ...

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Year 4 Geography Field Trip

On the last Saturday of the Lent Term Year 4 went on a trip to the River Enborne near Brimpton. We went with Miss Pinder, Miss Illingworth, Mr Smith and Miss Ha...

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Dotty the Dragon visits Elstree

Children at Home Farm had been eagerly awaiting Friday 2nd May as Dotty the Dragon was due to arrive. The Blunderbus Theatre once again enthralled the audi...

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Year 3 Trip to the Hindu Temple and Wolf Sanctuary

Very few of our girls and boys had been to a Hindu Temple before so imagine their brief encounter …The aroma of incense, the beautifully coloured statues of g...

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Magic for Glad’s House

Tom and Henry recently did a Magic show for some of the younger boys. They very kindly donated their £40 fee to Glad’s House which is a charity whose pu...

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Boys Go To See Maxim Vengerov in Concert

On Friday evening, 5 boys went to see the violinist, Maxim Vengerov in concert at St Martin’s Church in East Woodhay. One of the boys, Dimitry wrote ...

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Sport Relief

Always happy to do something as a whole department, Home Farm decided to join in with the fun of Sport Relief while raising money for a very good cause. Mr Morr...

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

It was my intention from the start to go for something a little less mainstream yet still a classic story. Roald Dahl lends himself perfectly for prep scho...

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Year 2 Football Tournaments

It has been a busy week for Year 2 with the London Schools’ Tournament and the Junior Soccer Festival taking place. The excitement has been building steadily ...

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Rugby Tour to Dublin 2014

On 13th March, 18 eager rugby tourists were up at 4 am for the start of their Dublin Rugby Tour. After a late arrival due to a delayed flight, the first match w...

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