Headmaster’s Blog
I once worked with a colleague – now a Deputy Head at a Prep School just one county away – who was legendary for delivering his thank-you letters before anyone else. I remember on one occasion we had been invited to supper at the Head’s house (at which, incidentally, I inadvertently set fire to the […]
This Week at ECS
December Week 16 Mon 16 8.00 am Headmaster’s Open Study (All parents) 8.50 am Headmaster’s Assembly (All parents), Quire 9.00 am Pre-Prep FECS Father Christmas visit and Christmas parties 5.30 pm Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars) Tue 17 8.40 am Prep School Final Assembly, Kalendar Hall School Christmas Lunch 5.30 pm Choral Evensong […]
Chosen charity of the year revealed!
The most important vote of the season: ECS pupils choose their local charity of the year! After many weeks of research and planning, it was time for our finalists to go head to head and pitch their chosen charity to the school ahead of the whole prep-school vote. Eve, representing the Upper Years’ voice, gave […]
Chaplain’s Corner
Prayer Space 2019 This term saw the return of the ECS Prayer Space, a 2-day interactive workshop, open to all ECS pupils, designed to help pupils explore the nature of prayer. This year’s theme was centred upon the idea of gifts, the gifts given to us by God, but also the gifts we have within […]
FECS Letter 13th December
Happy Christmas from FECS We are busy organising a fabulous final Christmas week. Father Christmas and his elves are taking time out of their busy schedule to visit the Headmaster’s Drawing Room at Hall House on Monday 16th December and the children will be having a Christmas party – don’t forget, it’s a mufti day! […]
Boarding House News
Our Star Boarder this week is James M-C (Year 7). James has had a very good week and I was most impressed with his positive and mature attitude during the Big Panto Sleepover on Wednesday night. James took his role as experienced boarder extremely seriously and helped and supported the less experienced boarders who stayed […]
Sport News
It was a week filled with competitive spirit as the winners of the Inter House Hockey and Rugby titles were closely contested. The Year 5 and 6 pupils gave their all and had very exciting competitions on Monday afternoon. The wind and rain on Tuesday didn’t dampen our spirits, instead the Year 3 and 4 […]
Youth Parliament Climate Forum
On Friday 29th November, Oli and I spent the day at County Hall for the Youth Parliament Climate Forum. Mr Meeke came with us and we walked there and back. Leela was already there as she is a member of the Youth Parliament. There were representatives from lots of Devon schools; all the children were […]
Off to Pennywell Farm
The weather might have been wet and windy but this didn’t dampen the children’s excitement and enthusiasm for everything ‘Pennywell‘. We ate Christmas tree biscuits, jumped on the bouncy castles, took part in a wonderful Nativity play with all the animals and then went to visit Father Christmas in his grotto. Fortunately all the children […]
Model Homework
Well done to Scarlett D (Year 2) for an outstanding piece of homework. She created a fantastic model of a dragon using recyclable materials as part of our topic on fire and dragons. She gave a detailed explanation to her classmates about how she made it, to link in with our English work on instruction […]
