On Saturday 2nd May, twenty Eldmire students arrived in the Cundall bus park fully laden and raring to set off on their Bronze expedition. After the promise of sun and warm weather the group were a little disappointed that on their …
Every year Mr Coates and his DT students put together some fantastic work in their GCSE classes and this year is no exception. Tom Dicken had everyone dazzled with his design and production of an impressive, fully functioning guitar. Josh …
On Friday 24th April, eleven Thornton students set off for the edge of Dalby Forest, with their bikes, ready to complete their practice silver expedition. The first night was spent relaxing and enjoying the luxurious campsite; there was even time …
On the evening of 26th March (the last Thursday of term) we held our Easter Concert in the gym. It was a wonderful evening, with so much talent on display.The Chamber Choir opened the concert with an extremely competent and sensitive …
Thank you to every pupil who entered the Easter egg decorating competition at the end of last term. The range and standard of entrants really was amazing. Congratulations all the winners: “Creative” Winner: Murron O’ Neill Runner Up: Rosie Barker …
With so many budding engineers (and equally enthusiastic and practically minded dads) in our midst, the Easter trebuchet Challenge promised to be quite a spectacle. As trucks and trailers started to convene in the main school car park on the …
There was much scrambling of eggs around the grounds of school as pupils from Pre-Prep all the way through to Thornton took part in a succession of egg and spoon races. Staggered by age groups, the races saw pupils hurtling …
Pre-Prep got into the Comic Relief spirit by coming to school wearing their red noses. The children paid £1 to make a funny face on a paper plate. There were some hilarious designs which are now being displayed in the …
On World Book Day itself the Pre-Prep pupils and staff arrived at school in some fabulous costumes from dragons to dinosaurs and princesses to pirates. Nursery described their characters to each other and Reception brought in their favourite story and …
Just before half term, the whole school fell silent for 5 minutes for the annual House Times Tables Competition. Prizes are given for the top scores in each Year, with the maximum score being 99. There were some very commendable …