Headmaster’s Blog
This week’s blog is from Mr Andrew Bartlett, Senior Deputy Head. Speaking Up This Monday we were delighted to be able to take our Year 7 pupils to visit the Houses of Parliament. We had a wonderful day with a tour of the many different areas of Parliament, including the House of Commons, the House […]
BBC Radio Devon Stars
This week, ECS was graced with a visit from BBC Radio Devon! The BBC’s roaming reporter, Richard, visited ECS early on Tuesday morning in time for a live broadcast at 7.50am. Mr Featherstone and Jack A (Year 8 Senior Chorister) were on stand-by to answer questions about the School’s musical heritage and its connection to […]
Chorister Primary School Visit
Last Monday, Year 6 boy choristers, Johnny and Dominic, went with Mr. Parsons to three primary schools in the Teign Valley. This Saturday, children in Years 4 to 6 from these schools and three others will be doing a joint concert with the Cathedral Boys’ Choir and Devon County Junior Choir, and Johnny and Dominic […]
Sport News
After a restful break the pupils were back on the Games pitches for more fixtures in netball and hockey while in PE the focus turned to racket sports. Swimming continued as normal and the Sports Enrichment groups swapped over so the Year 7s can start their preparation for sports scholarship application next year. On Wednesday […]
Artist of the Week
This week’s Artist of the Week is Freddy R (Year 6) who created these delicious mixed-media apple studies.
Not Angles, but angels! Year 4 Anglo-Saxon Day
Year 4 travelled back in time to the Anglo-Saxon period to be History Detectives for the day. In fact, it turned into a day and half as we found so much to investigate that we extended the experience! Each investigative session was based on the higher-order thinking question of not ‘what’ but ‘how do we […]
Headmaster’s Blog
This academic year we are celebrating 25 years of co-education at ECS. For a quarter of century we have been a school which has welcomed girls and boys and which has – obvious and de rigeur though it might seem – offered the same opportunities and challenges to all pupils. Society has come a long […]
Artists of the Week
Van Gogh has inspired our young artists to produce some excellent pastel landscapes. Well done to George A and Kiah N, both Year 4
Reception go primordial
This week Reception Frogs and Ladybirds had a roaring time on dinosaur day! All the children and teachers came to school dressed up and enjoyed a day full of dinosaur activities. The children started the day investigating and excavating dinosaurs trapped in frozen tundra then they went on to write a recipe for and make […]
One Busy Library
Harry Potter ‘Book Night’ Events Last week there were quizzes and games in the Chantry Library. Well done to the wizards and witches who took part in the Triwizard Tournament and/or the Quidditch competition. The Magic Book Group The Magic Book Group is a drop-in lunchtime session held every Monday for Years 3 and 4. […]
