Devon Judo Championships
Twenty-two ECS pupils took part in last Sunday’s Devon Judo Centres annual championships. Competitors ranged from 4 to 15 years and competed in weight and age groups. Exeter Cathedral School pupils put on a great show of judo action, taking home five gold, three silver and five bronze medals. Gold: Fergus S (Year 2), Gen […]
Headmaster’s Blog
Do you know the story about the king who held a house-warming party? Well, a palace-warming party. It’s a story I told to our Hall House pupils in their collective worship assembly last week, and I’d like to share it with you now. Once upon a time there was a king. He was super rich […]
Macbeth – behind the scenes
After their exceptional performance of Macbeth, Year 6 pupils shared their views and feelings on the production. “When we first started writing about Macbeth, it seemed exciting but I wasn’t so sure about it. It changed me. The rehearsals, and the play, Shakespeare was all I wanted to think about. At the start of the […]
Year 4 Maths al Fresco!
In a rare break in the current weather, Year 4 decided to take their column subtraction onto the playground. They challenged their partner to subtractions using numbers up to 6 digits long, then assessed their partner’s calculations. They certainly created a colourful mathematical playground for break time!
Sport News
The Year 2 girls travelled to St Peter’s School on Tuesday afternoon to take part in a Netball fixture. It was great fun and the girls all had the chance to play with people from other schools and put into practice all the skill they have been working on this term with Miss Norris. Today, […]
World Book Day in the Nursery
After a busy day at Paignton Zoo on Thursday, the Nursery children had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day on Friday. We paraded our costumes around the Nursery, listened to lots of stories and even managed to make use of our lovely story circle in the garden, where we enjoyed listening to ‘Stick man’, […]
Boarding House News
With the Lent Term being quite short this year and so many boarders deserving to be rewarded for their fantastic overall behaviour, the Boarding Team have been finding it quite challenging to only choose one boarder each week. It is one of the reasons why we have had two Star Boarders a week regularly this […]
Artists of the Week
Well done to our Artists of the Week on their very impressive pastel portraits: Harriet M – Year 4 Peter B – Year 4
Dartmoor Zoological Park
Year 5 crossed all their fingers for a whole week and were rewarded with a non-windy, non-raining day on Wednesday which was perfect for our zoo visit. The Dartmoor Zoological Park provided us with a bespoke tour and teaching session with two handling sessions as well. Many pupils held a snake, a stick insect, a […]
Art News – Eco Warrior Badges
As part of Eco Week, the pupils have made some colourful ‘Eco Warrior Badges’ to help them remember to be planet savers. In true eco-style, some of the badges have been made using recycled materials.
