Mummification with Year 3
On Tuesday, Year 3 spent the morning at RAMM museum learning about Ancient Egypt. The children took part in three exciting activities, they played Senate, an ancient Egyptian board game which is similar to chess/draughts. They took part in an activity to mummify a body, removing the organs (including the brain being pulled out of […]
Headmaster’s Blog
Were you one of the lucky ones? Did you get to see the quite extraordinary exhibition that our Art Department laid on in Kalendar Hall on Tuesday afternoon? It was creativity and inclusivity at its very best. At the Evening Reception – where we welcomed local businesses, senior school Heads, alumni and special guests – […]
New Staff
ECS is delighted to welcome our new receptionist! Susan has written a few words about herself below. You’ll find Susan at the Chantry – do say ‘hello’ when you meet her and let her know who you are. Hello everyone, My name is Mrs Kelly and I am the new receptionist, so I will be […]
Any new parents?
We really enjoyed meeting new faces at the FECS Coffee Morning last week – thank you to everyone who came. It’s always a lovely community event and a chance to meet parents from across the years at ECS. If you’re a new parent do come along to chat to other parents and to meet the […]
‘Year 3 and 4 in the Willows’ for World Book Day
Toad Hall has been taken over by the evil Weasels! Can Year 3 and 4 complete the challenges in the Wild Wood and the River Bank to fight them off and win Toad Hall back for the goodies? Badger set the woodland teams off on six activities: travelling through the darkness Wild Wood (blindfolded!); scaring […]
World Book Day 2020
World Book Day 2020 was a wonderful celebration of literature. Thank you very much to the parents and guardians who put so much effort into making their children look just great. Teachers and children dressed up in really thoughtful, creative costumes. WBD activities went on in classrooms and in the libraries; and the children had […]
Boarding House News
Once again, we have two Star Boarders to congratulate this week. It is sometimes quite difficult for some of our boarders to get recognition when they only board once a week or less. That is why this week the boarding team have decided to reward two boys who have been fantastic all term but who […]
Sport News
I must admit, looking at the predicted forecast for this week did make me panic a little. I have no idea how, but we managed to avoid the rain completely and play all of our planned fixtures without our arm bands and rubber rings! Games lessons also went ahead as planned and I didn’t ever […]
A Day at the Zoo
What a wonderful day at the zoo! We saw some soggy owls; some dripping wet ostriches and some lions and tigers in their warm shelters avoiding all the rain. After a much needed lunch in a dry restaurant, the rain decided to stop and the animals became more visible and ventured outside their warm beds. […]
All aboard!
On Friday 28th February, Year 2 got the chance to find out what life would have been like on board a real pirate ship, by spending the morning exploring the Golden Hind in Brixham. Captain Mary welcomed us on deck and told us all about Sir Francis Drake. It was there that we learnt that […]
