Communicating through Geography
In Geography this term, Year 3 have been thinking about the environment and recycling. Last week, they designed and produced some absolutely brilliant posters to help people to stop and think about their day-to-day actions, recycling and how to save the planet. Well done to Harry, Lois, Henry and Maria for sharing these bright and […]
Headmaster’s Blog
In a move which confirms that even the biggest of fish needs to ride the right waves and adapt and react, and which blows out of the water the school of thought that ‘survival of the fittest’ only pertains to the minnows in the shallows, Microsoft – graceful master and commander of the technological deep […]
Whole School ‘READING ROCKS’ CHALLENGE!
4B would like to set you all a challenge, from Nursery to Year 8 and adults too! We love reading: upside down, inside out, to our pets, in the air – everywhere! What is the most unusual, funny or interesting place YOU could read? Can you strike that pose and get someone to take a […]
Year 4 Scientific Skills in Action!
There is no better way to learn new information than to experience it and try it out for yourself. That is what we believe at ECS and that is what Year 4 have been doing in Science in their ‘States of Matter’ unit! So far… We have explored the three states of matter (solid, liquid […]
On the Kapiti Plain
Year 2 have been studying Verna Aardema’s wonderful rhyming story about the drought that strikes the Kapiti Plain. In response to reading ‘Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain’, Elliot produced two fantastic drawings featuring the Plain’s wildlife, grasslands, acacia trees and tribal huts. Elliot also took to replicating the story’s protagonist, Ki-pat, by standing on […]
Artists of the Week
The following works of art have been produced by this week’s Artists of the Week. Well done to Anna E (Year 6), Herbert T (Year 6), Hugo B (Year 6), Cassia T (Year 8), Sam and Abigail (Year 6 and 3).
Art News
Prep pupils have been studying product design this term as one of their Art assignments. With a particular focus on kitchenware, a new range of products and innovations have been proposed! Have a look at some of these interesting and helpful concepts: Swiss army knives and JosephJoseph-style cookware products. Designs by Michael J The JosephJoseph […]
From Torquay to the Amazon
Martha (Year 6) has been hard at work researching the adventures of the Torquay-born, British explorer, Colonel Percy Fawcett. Over the course of his life, Colonel Fawcett made multiple expeditions into the Amazon rainforest and mysteriously disappeared on his last trip. Martha has written a very insightful newsletter article which is available below: Fawcett News […]
Headmaster’s Blog
Welcome back to term! I hope that you were all able to enjoy some rest and peace over the half-term break, and that you found a moment or two to make the most of the glorious weather. And so here we are. We have arrived at the next phase of ‘new normal’ for education. It’s […]
Out of This World
Our Year 4 children have been learning about our exciting Solar System and presenting their discoveries. Mrs Butler-Evans was most impressed with the variety of projects she received: models of Saturn – one made from cake and another decorated in celebration of the NHS; a Mars poster and model (with a brief nod to the […]
