Staff News
On April 22nd, I will be running the London marathon. The Beast from the East didn’t stop my training, despite the snow and a red weather alert, and Mo Farrah’s recent triumph in the Big London Half has given me an idea of what kind of time I’ll need to achieve to beat him! There will be […]
Sport Relief!
A huge well done to all students who took part in the sport relief challenge this week, it was great to see so many red accessories, and children working so hard! On Thursday Yr3, 4 and 5 completed their challenges which was to complete as many press ups, star jumps, squats, burpees and side to […]
Headmaster’s Blog
I am delighted this week to be able to bring you a guest blog from our Worship Co-ordinator, Mrs Fitzpatrick. James Featherstone As Lent draws to its conclusion and along with it, this school term, we have time to reflect on all the events of the recent past, and look forward to the hope […]
Art News
The Year 7s have been busy sorting and organising our collection of recycling in preparation for their ‘Recycled Costume’ project. They plan to reclaim unwanted objects and transform them into outfits of their own. We need to thank a local company for donating lots of windsurf sails and sailcloth for this purpose, very grateful children indeed, […]
Reception Classes Enjoy Spring Walk
Reception have been learning all about Spring. This week, Reception TF went on a Spring walk around the Hall House garden. Each child had a checklist of different signs of Spring to help remind them what to look for, such as buds on the trees, daffodils, blossom, seedlings, insects and green leaves. They ticked each […]
Headmaster’s Blog
It’s been an action-packed week, this one, with huge numbers of sports teams taking to the fields and enormous numbers of musicians working hard in some high-profile performance opportunities, namely in Exeter University’s Great Hall and at this evening’s Charity Concert in the Cathedral. On that music front, I am delighted to share with you […]
Year 2 ‘Pirate Day’
“Walk the plank!” The Year 2 pirate day started as enthusiastically as it finished, although thankfully no one was made to actually walk the plank! We started off on a treasure hunt, deciphering a special pirate alphabet to work out clues which took us all around Hall House. Then we went over to the FT room […]
Specialist Senior Awards Announced
I am pleased to announce that the following pupils have been offered a Specialist Senior Award from September 2018: Academic M Rayner S Phillips A Wickham Music M Rayner Sport E Jury B Willis Visual/Performing Arts F Brook C Clark T Coldrick P Ellisson G Payne All-Rounder S Bradley Well done to everyone. The standard […]
ECS Pi Day Activities
Who knew that one of Maths most famous numbers could be calculated with sweets? Using only skittles, the students in Yr 8 recreated the discovery of the magic ratio Pi. Esme even managed to get her skittles to yield the exact result! Mrs Lake-Johns and Mrs Stallard Maths Department
Library News – Kate Greenaway and Carnegie Medal Books Shadowing Group
The Kate Greenaway and Carnegie Medal shortlisted books have been announced this week and I would like to invite pupils in Years 3-8 to come along and join one of our Shadowing Groups. Pupils read the shortlisted books and discuss with group members what they like or dislike about the texts before posting reviews on […]
