Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Scholars’ Week – Paper Marble Runs

On the final day of the CE boys finishing their exams, 8SEW went to the McMullen hall to make marble runs. Before we all started, Mr Bates gave us a briefing on...

Top Gear Day

When Mr Marriage came to give us a talk about Top Gear he first showed us a slide show about it. He asked people many questions which, if you got them right, ...

Pangbourne College Orchestral Fun Day

On the 13th of June, some of Elstree’s music students were lucky enough to take part in Pangbourne’s ‘Music Fun Day’. For the most part of the day the s...

Year 7 Elstree Award Camp

On Saturday 10th June, the boys of Year 7 embarked on their Elstree Award Camp. The mandate was to have fun, enjoy being outside and develop their Leadership ...

Mothers’ Tennis in Aid of the Learning Support Department

Despite the relaxed and informal atmosphere on Bates, there was some excellent tennis played at the Mothers’ tennis tournament in aid of the Learning Support ...

Dads’ Den Building Day – Reception

The week before Den building day, we wrote letters to our Daddies, inviting them to come and spend the day with us having fun out in plantation. We walked to th...

Post Scholarship Programme

On Friday the 26th May, 8SEW held a presentation evening for the parents to show all the different things we have done in the post-scholarship programme. First,...

Elstree Fencing Academy Belgium Tour 2017

The school fencing team headed off to Belgium for two fencing competitions on their mini-tour recently, accompanied by Mr. Bates and Mr. Bell. An early start an...

Grand Opening of the Pizza Oven

What better way is there to spend the first day of your first summer half term than to return to your old prep school? This is exactly what many of the 2016 lea...

Year 5 Informal Concert

We were well entertained by the Year 5 musicians in the final Informal Concert of the academic year. After a rousing start by the Choir singing “Best day of...