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.
Time flies when you’re having fun in the Boarding House
We are already at the end of Week 4 this term – time flies when you are having fun – and the Boarding House staff had to vote for the boarder who has impressed them the most during this past week. In order to receive votes, boarders have to show kindness, hard work and outstanding […]
Autumnal Sport
This week the weather has started to look, and feel, a little more Autumnal. We are still outdoors and enjoying the fresh air, it is such a welcomed break from the classroom, for both pupils and teachers! The focus in PE this week has been on ‘Agility’ and how we move our feet to […]
Superhero Bishop Martin
The EYFS bubble were delighted to welcome Bishop Martin to their assembly on Monday. He showed us all the special clothes that he wears and explained what each item of clothing represented. When he put on his Cope one of the children exclaimed; ‘you look like Superman!’ We are really looking forward to Bishop Martin […]
Year 4, Oreos and the moon!
Year 4 have been investigating the moon in Science this week. All of the classes used Oreos to make diagrams of the phases of the Moon. It was hard to make edible diagrams without eating them, but they were all very restrained! Everyone agreed that it helped to remind them what a Waning Gibbous […]
Reception Welly Time!
This week, Reception Frogs and Ladybirds donned their wellies for their weekly ‘Welly Time’ session. The children were all very enthusiastic about swapping their shoes for wellies, despite the sunny afternoon weather. Before we went outside, we read the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?” by Bill Martin Jr. We talked about our […]
