This Week at ECS
November/December Week 13 Mon 25 All day King’s Strings Day 8.50 am Headmaster’s Assembly (All parents), Quire 1.15 pm Governors’ Meeting: Full Board 2.00 pm Hockey: Under 10A + B v Maynard (H) 5.30 pm Solemn Eucharist (Girls and Adults) Tue 26 5.30 pm Choral Evensong (Boys and Adults) Wed 27 10.15 am Advent Eucharist […]
Story Time in the Nursery
In Nursery, we have enjoyed listening to the story of the Hare and the Tortoise. We talked about the differences between the two animals, made hats and had fun racing each other outside. Some of us even stopped for a rest under the tree! (Mrs Wills). In music, we used the two different animal names […]
Children in Need Competition Winners
Thank you to every single member of our community who took part in our fundraising for Children in Need. The final donations are in, and we will soon be able to share with you how much our school raised. In the meantime, I am delighted to share with you the winners of our competition! Pre-Prep […]
Library News
Congratulations to the First Medallist in the Autumn Reading Challenge. Ting (Year 4) has completed the five book Autumn Reading Challenge. Well done, Ting, on reading through the selected titles in such good time.
Art News
This week Year 5 & 6 pupils attended a private view of the annual Mary Fedden Prep School Art Exhibition at Badminton School. Over the last 5 years ECS has received first place twice and many commendations for our pupils’ artwork. The children’s portraits looked truly impressive and we were super proud to receive runner […]
Sport News
On Saturday 16th November the U9 boys and girls represented ECS at the annual Blundell’s Hockey and Rugby Festival. Due to the amount of rain that had fallen during the week, there were serious doubts over the playing conditions of the fields. Much to the boys’ excitement, the festival went ahead. The boys played some […]
FECS Letter 15th November
The annual FECS Christmas Fayre takes place tomorrow from 12-4pm in the Chantry. We had a great turn out of volunteers today and through the week who have been sorting and wrapping ready for tomorrow. We are still collecting donations as per the attached poster, and would greatly appreciate more cakes and bakes to be […]
Considering choristerships?
Considering choristerships? Are you considering choristership for your son or daughter? If so, you are warmly invited to attend a meeting next Thursday, 16 January, from 3.15 – 3.45 pm in the Chantry Library. A talk will be provided by the Cathedral Precentor, Canon James Mustard, together with the Cathedral Director of Music, Mr Timothy […]
Josh and the Exeter Philharmonic Choir
We’re always delighted to learn about what our pupils achieve beyond the School gates. Over half term, we discovered that Josh T (Year 7) performed his first independent singing solo – performing in the Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s Autumn Concert held in Exmouth. Josh did an excellent job and sang the tenor solo in Bernstein’s Chichester […]
BBC Choral Evensong
It has been a busy week for our choristers and the Christmas schedule hasn’t even started! This week, the Cathedral played hosted to BBC Radio 3 who came to record several Evensongs for broadcast. On Tuesday 12th, the Quire was filled with all sorts of microphones and recording equipment as girl choristers sang pieces by Nico […]
