Year 1 Visit to Exeter Mosque
On Thursday, Year 1 visited Exeter Mosque. We’ve been learning lots about the religion called Islam, so it was very exciting to visit a real mosque, talk to the Imam (the leader) and watch Muslims pray their special prayers to Allah (God). All the children were so well behaved, and asked some really interesting questions, […]
Library News
Well done to Ruari, Harry and Dominic who have joined our new Hall of Fame board – a platform for spreading the news about a good read! Good luck to the children who have taken the plunge with the Valentine reads. Let’s hope the unseen reading books introduce some new authors and genres over the […]
Year 1 Fundraising!
A huge thank you from Year 1 for the enormous quantity of stamps collected over January and February for the RSPB albatross appeal. Any last minute stamps to add to the collection must be in by first thing on Monday 19th February. The children will sort the stamps after half term and get them ready […]
Reception Classes’ Dinosaur Day!
Dinosaur roar! Reception classes celebrated the end of their current learning on dinosaurs with a dress up day and a parent drop in. Children shared their learning, sang songs and presented a dinosaur riddle to their parents. An amazing half term’s work Reception! Well done.
Inter Counties Cross Country
Congratulations to Bella in Year 7 who represented ECS in the Devon Minor Girls Team at the South West Schools Cross Country Championships, held at Stover School. There were teams from Gloucestershire, Avon, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, and competitors had all gone through local qualifying races to get to this stage. Bella ran […]
Headmaster’s Blog
‘Creative Arts subjects are being cut back in many secondary schools in England’. So began a BBC News article earlier this week. It’s a subject which has attracted a good deal of attention from school leaders, teachers, arts associations and the shadow cabinet recently, and I confess that it’s a uk-wide direction of travel which […]
Nursery Open Day
Do you know a family who might be looking for a Nursery place for their son or daughter? On Saturday 24 February we will be holding a Nursery Open Morning for new families considering this option. This will be run as a drop-in session between 10 am and 12 noon to give families a taste […]
Latin Trip around Roman Exeter
The Latin set in year 7 enjoyed the opportunity to explore Roman Exeter in the sunshine this week. They visited two sections of the Roman wall, imagining how imposing it would have been at its full height of 6 meters. They then explored the Roman section of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, designing their own […]
Nursery News
The Nursery have been exploring Julia Donaldson books and particularly focussing on ‘The Gruffalo’. We have been making Gruffalo’s using paint and collage materials and have enjoyed decorating our wonderful Gruffalo cave. We have cooked some Gruffalo cakes and decorated them with Gruffalo faces. We have also made strawberry mice, swirling snakes and owl masks, […]
Health and Wellbeing Lessons
Year 7 pupils who have just done the Bleep Test and achieved great scores. Lots of enthusiasm in their Health Related Fitness module! Well done Year 7. Emma Ross Director of Sport
