Weekly Blog: The Choristers Return
After what Canon Mustard says was the longest interruption to Cathedral sung services since Oliver Cromwell, it has been brilliant to get the choristers back singing over the last few weeks. Over the summer, studies have been carried out nationally to provide a framework of a way for church and cathedral choirs to be able […]
Year 4 Roman Roads
4B have been learning about Roman Roads and how and why they were constructed. We then tried to make our own using paper mounds of earth to create ditches and a camber, and tissue paper gravel and cardboard paving stones. It would take us a very long time to recreate the Fosse Way (which ran […]
Hedgehogs in Hall House
Year 1 have been learning all about hedgehogs this week, finding out lots of facts and making a factfile. In addition to learning that they can be very noisy when they forage for food, despite their tiny size! We have also learnt that adult hedgehogs have around 5000 spines!
This week in the Boarding House
This week’s Star Boarder is Antoine CM (5S). He has been very good at keeping his dorm tidy and practising both his piano and his French horn on a daily basis. Well done Antoine! With the evenings getting darker each day we have managed to enjoy our last few games of dodgeball on the playground […]
Wet Weather Games
We did not let the weather dampen our spirits this week. The pupils faced challenges head on, and were as enthusiastic as ever. The focus in PE was on ‘accuracy’ while in FMS the pupil’s were aiming to improve their catching skills. We had foam javelins being throw around Hall House playground, pretending they were […]
National Poetry Day
In celebration of National Poetry Day, pupils and staff from across the School have been reading, writing and performing poetry. Lout for more videos and poems to follow on our social media next week…
Newsletter Blog: See It Like A Poet
It’s hard to believe that National Poetry Day on October 1st marks the beginning of my second month at ECS. Yet the theme for this year’s Poetry Day of ‘Vision’ seems incredibly apt. Having been appointed just before lockdown, the ensuing months passed in a growing mixture of anticipation and trepidation as I looked towards […]
Pupil Voice: An interview with our Head Girl and Head Boy
As pupils are settling back in to the new routine of School and with our focus on mental health and wellbeing for all, this week we’ve been talking to members of our Pupil Leadership Team: Head Girl, Xanthe S and Head Boy, Ruari Q. We talked about how things are going, what learning is like […]
Letters to Bishop Martin
Bishop Martin kindly came to see Year 4 so they could ask him questions about his faith for our R.S topic “People of Faith”. He fielded questions such as “where is Heaven?” and the children were, as always, so happy to listen to his stories and answers. 4B wrote some lovely letters to thank him […]
Meet the Team
Have you ever wondered what your teacher’s favourite food is or what they get up to on the weekend? Now you can find out! This week it’s the turn of our Year 3 Team and Bishop Martin.
