Elmhurst School

🔥⛑ Mrs Lee and Mrs Bunce have been putting out fires today on their 3 yearly fire safety training ⛑🔥

🍪 2 Year Olds have been making some delicious cookies 🍪

🎨 Year 3 have been experimenting with different materials, mediums and artist tools this week 🎨

🌻 This week we have been planting sunflowers 🤞🏼we get some as tall as we did last year 🌻

🌳🪵 Mrs Baldwin and Miss Cawley have had another busy week at their forest school training - they have learnt many new skills to pass on to the children. They have made some tools out of wood - From left to right: kazoo, spinner, butter knife, mushroom and mallet. 🪵🌳

Muddy Feet - Outdoor Learning and Forest Schools

🪵 Some lovely new outdoor seating for our library 🪵



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The Friends of Elmhurst PTA and @Elmhurst School are extremely excited to announce that we have booked MJ Productions for our fantastic Jubilee celebration fayre on Saturday 11th June from 11:30am to 2:30pm. There will be 2 princesses making the rounds throughout the day 👑 👸👸 👑

We have all-sorts going on

❤️ Food Stalls - Greek food, burgers, tacos, traditional Asian food and more
💙 Slush Puppies
❤️ Ice-Cream
💙 Face-Painting and Henna
❤️ Inflatables
💙 Raffle and Tombola with cracking prizes
❤️ Arts and Craft and Gift Stalls
💙 Cakes, sweets, candy floss and desserts
❤️ Traditional fun and games for all the family

AND SO MUCH MORE

There is still time to book a stall if you are interested.

A big thank you to our sponsor Michael Anthony Estate Agents

If you would like to support our raffle by donating a prize please get in touch.

Raffle ticket sales are now open. If you would like to purchase tickets, here is the link:

https://bit.ly/elmhurstschoolraffle

£1 a strip Prizes will be drawn at 1pm at @elmhurstschool on Sat 11th June.

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🖌 Year 1’s class text is currently ‘the magic paintbrush’ they have taken inspiration from the book for a fine motor activity - using chopsticks to pick up natural noodles! 🥢

💡Innovation 💡

We have been adapting our instructions on how to make a kite this week in Reception - the children have created their own instructions for their own ideas.

🎨 Year 2 have been creating some abstract art inspired by Georgia O’Keefe 🎨

🌱 Today in Reception we discovered that not only had we successfully grown one radish but that we actually had TWO! We gave them a wash and chopped them up to try some - it was delicious! 🌱

🏕Miss Cawley and Mrs Baldwin have had a great time on their forest school training this week 🏕

Muddy Feet - Outdoor Learning and Forest Schools

📚Some exciting new dual language and Spanish books added to our library! 📚

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🐚 Year 1’s wonderful provision this week 🐚

🐌 One of the children in Year 2 found some snails today at lunch time and decided to make them a habitat - we think they look very happy in their new home! 🐌

🥅⚽️ A new safe space for ball games has been installed onto the playground this week for break times and lunch times - this has been funded through the PE and School Sports premium ⚽️🥅

Thank you to Smooga Ltd for installing it for us!

🛴🚲 We have been able to purchase some new balance bikes, scooters, push alongs and helmets for the early years children to develop their Physical development skills using money from the PE sport premium funding 🚲🛴

🌱 Year 5 have made a great start to their Science this term staring with a very hands-on lesson learning about how flowering plants reproduce. The children dissected day lilies and found the male and female parts before heading out around the school grounds to sow seeds of wild flowers. Over the course of the term, we will be looking for signs of and learning about germination, pollination, fertilisation, growth and seed dispersal. 🌱

Wishing all our families who are celebrating Eid tomorrow or Tuesday.

Eid Mubarak to you all and may you have a wonderful time celebrating with your families.

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❓ What is science ❓

Year 3 have been exploring the question this week.

What do you think science is?

✨There has been some fantastic loose part and imaginative play in Reception and Year 1 this week ✨

In Year 3 this week. The children begun learning William Shakespeare’s, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. They had the opportunity to watch an animated version, followed by sequencing the theatrical events and identifying the main themes. 🎭

A huge thank you to Peter A Johnson - childrens' author for the copy of your book - the children loved it! 📖🧌

We have been working hard to develop our active playground - we hope the children enjoy the new opportunities! 🪵🛞

⚠️ Introducing a new feature in the library - every 3 weeks we will have a new theme to encourage the children to read different books. The first theme is from Mrs Hanwell - challenged or banned books for various reasons somewhere around the world in the past. ⚠️

🧑‍🍳 A very exciting new addition to Year 1 - a mud kitchen! 🧑‍🍳

🪵🔥 Year 2’s have been learning new skills in their Outdoor Holistic Learning sessions 🔥🪵

It’s National Primary School Offer Day!

To view and accept your place visit |
https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-index/school-admissions/apply-for-a-primary-school-place/school-offers/

To appeal visit |
https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-index/school-admissions/apply-for-a-primary-school-place/waiting-lists-and-appeals/

Buckinghamshire Council will advise you directly if your child has been given a place at Elmhurst School, and we will be providing more information to all new starters and their families in the coming weeks.

Until then, please visit our website www.elmhurstschool.org to find out more, or contact us via email at [email protected] if you have any queries.

Please note that the school office is closed this week for the Easter break and we will respond to any questions and/or queries next week.

We can’t wait to meet you!

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https://www.elmhurstschool.org/early-years-foundation-stage/