Archive for the ‘Academic’ Category

Declamations

On Friday 26th January, all boys congregated in the McMullen Hall for the annual Declamations competition. The school welcomed Harry Crump, House Master and Hea...

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Year 5 Visit to Didcot Water Treatment Site

The Year 5 Geography field trip to the Didcot Water Treatment site was one to remember for all the right reasons: the scenery, the sites and the smells! After a...

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Old Boy Returns to Elstree

On Thursday 18th January, Elstree were fortunate to be visited by old boy, Benedict Pollard.  Benedict was a pupil at Elstree in the 1980s, winning an academic...

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Scrabble Club

One of the newest clubs to thrive at Elstree is the wonderful Scrabble Club. Originally formed in summer 2017 with a few boys playing during assorted rest perio...

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The Greatest Briton Lecture

On Saturday, January 13th, six Elstree panellists argued who was the Greatest Briton. Mr Baxter argued that Diana, Princess of Wales embodied the humanity, sinc...

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South House Assembly

The boys of South House recently gave the school assembly to launch the Family Challenge in support of Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund. One of the boys in South...

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A Christmas Carol

We were delighted to welcome Mr Nigel Parkin, Head of English at Windlesham House school yesterday, who gave us an atmospheric dramatisation of ‘A Christmas C...

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From the Problem of Plastic to the Magic of Maths

Whilst the senior boys were busy with a play rehearsal, the rest of the school had a series of lectures on Saturday. The Year 5s were left dazzled by a magical ...

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First Aid for Beginners

The Year 4 boys were treated to some special time with the Matrons on Saturday morning.  They visited the medical centre and Mrs Anderson spoke to them about h...

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Climate Change Lecture

Mr Turner (Head of Geography) at St Edwards Oxford visited us on Saturday and gave a lecture to Years 6-8 on Climate Change.  Mr Turner explained to the childr...

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