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Christmas Tree Decorating

Some of the boarders were busy last night helping Mrs Inglis to decorate the enormous Christmas tree in the Front Hall. With Christmas tunes (courtesy of our ...

Primary Schools Cross Country Competition

Fourteen teams representing nine local Primary Schools gathered in Park on a crisp afternoon to compete in this year’s cross-country competition. Each team co...

Year 7 Big Weekend – Ready, Steady, Cook

This weekend was a Year 7 Big Weekend and it was lovely to have so many boys boarding on Saturday night. Mr Attwood and Mr Morris, together with our amazing ...

Friday Night Boarders’ Clubs

Boarders’ Clubs were in full swing last night with a huge variety of options on offer: touch ruby, fantasy football, taekwondo, Linkee and M-tech. It was ...

Year 3 Trip to Hindu Temple

On Wednesday 14th November the Year 3 boys and girls were treated to a wonderful introduction to Hinduism at the Hindu Temple in Reading. As we entered the buil...

PALS Visit

On Saturday morning we welcomed the children and helpers from PALS. Being Remembrance weekend the activities reflected this; we began the morning making pop...

Escape from Colditz

It has been a terrific weekend in the boarding house. There was the big block football fixture against Cheam on Saturday where the boys showed great character...

The Autumn Concert

Falling as it did at Remembrance-tide, the Autumn Concert was framed by the Scottish lament “Battle’s O’er at the start (played on bagpipes by Mr Smith), ...

Elstree in World War 1

Mr Christopher Normand, a former parent, came to Elstree to speak to the school about Old Elstree boys who were killed in the Great War. He has uncovered an a...

World War 1 Exhibition

Thanks to the very hard work and vision of Zoe Webster and her helpers Amber Locke and Rachel Verow, as well as the generosity of so many parents and grandparen...