This week in the Boarding House…
It has been a very busy last week of term for our boarders. This week has been filled with fun, tears of joy and happiness, chanting and cheering for the national football team, tears of sadness, packing… On Tuesday, we celebrated the end of the school year with our now traditional leavers’ barbecue. The weather […]
This week in the Boarding House…
On Tuesday evening, we watched England v Germany in the last 16 of the Euros 2021. We were very happy to see England win. Go England! Whilst Year 8 boarders were on their camping trip all week, we made full use of the games room and board games to have a lot of fun. Boarders […]
A Day in the Life of a School Chaplain: Discover more about the daily routines of Bishop Martin Shaw
Philip Larkin was a poet, living and working for most of his life in Hull. Not only was he a poet, but he wrote letters and novels and also articles on jazz and others writing. One of the common features of both his letters and poems was a sense of uselessness. Reading Andrew Motion’s biography, […]
ECS Wellbeing: Bishop Martin’s Awareness Practice- Week 11
The Five Wounds of Christianity Among the important stories told of St Francis is of him receiving what are known as the ‘stigmata’; marks appearing physically on his hands, feet, and side as the signs of the inner following of the Five Wounds of Christ. No matter what you think of this story, these five […]
The ‘Artists of the Week’ are…
The Art Department’s weekly ‘Artists of the Week’ challenge continues! This week the winners are… Marco RG (Y4), Poppy L (Y4) & Molly J (Y3) Well done to you all for creating these wonderful ‘Bugs-life’ studies, with such attention to detail! We love celebrating art at ECS and are dedicated to providing opportunities to create, invent, design, […]
ECS Wellbeing: Bishop Martin’s Awareness Practice- Week 10
St Francis of Assisi – Part II ‘Poverty, Simplicity, Joy’ Poverty: Be careful who you turn away! You never know it might be…. Francis of Assisi was aware that some of the young brothers [friars] who joined him were inclined to be giving huge amounts of time to prayer, but not to […]
ECS: Futures – Live Lecture Series
Over the past two weeks, we have enjoyed a series of daily live lectures from some really interesting and inspiring people. The series started with a lecture from Emma Haddleton, a psychologist who spoke about how we can better understand our brains. She provided examples of how to keep our brains healthy and remain calm […]
Year 5 take a “walk on the wild side”
Year 5 took a “walk on the wild side” for their Science Day! They were treated to a talk from Frazie and her animals. Pupils also learnt how to use a pillar drill and made their own pooters with which they explored the Deanery garden wildlife. Thank you to Frazie and to the Science Department […]
This week in the Boarding House…
Another week of fun for our Boarding House family! Our Star Boarder of the Week this week is Toby C (Year 8). Toby is one of our Senior Boarders and has had a great week full of fun and excitement. Not only his Common Entrance exam results were fantastic, but he also kept working on […]
Live Lectures series for Year 8’s continues as part of ECS: Futures Programme
Our Year 8 pupils have been attending Live Lectures over the past couple of weeks, which we run as part of our ECS: Futures programme. We are delighted to welcome a diverse range of Guest Speakers and look forward to hearing about many different topics as the series continues. Their first session was with Psychologist […]
