FECS Letter 8th November

The FECS team have been working hard towards the annual FECS Christmas Fayre which takes place next Saturday 16th November from 12-4pm in the Chantry. This is an in-house family event and a great opportunity for everybody to get together socially, so please come along and support it. We are also collecting donations now as […]

Year 1 and the RAF

Year 1 had two very special visitors from the RAF this week, Sergeant Crook and Corporal Knight. The RAF have many responsibilities and we were able to learn a lot more about what they do and even how many different uniforms they have! We spent some time talking about and remembering all the people who […]

Headmaster’s Blog

The world seems to have raced ahead whilst we were on our half-term break: the country is gearing up for a(nother) general election; a spate of leg-related injuries has played havoc with the formatting of Strictly; BST came to end and we are back with old faithful GMT; and Miss Gilchrist now has bragging rights […]

Keeping Bees

Year 2 welcomed a special visitor – Mr Shanks (Father of Fergus) to talk to us all about bees and bee keeping. It was fascinating to learn all about how important and precious bees are to our ecosystem. The children were full of questions and comments and we all learnt a lot. Thank you to […]

Sport News

This week it was the Year 2 pupil’s time to shine; they had their first fixture of the term were the boys represented ECS in rugby and the girls, in hockey. All pupils enjoyed an afternoon of competition in a mini festival, there were nerves and excitement before the starting whistles but as soon as […]

Boarding House News

Star Boarder of the Week this week is without contest Henry C (Year 5). He came back after half term very keen to work on his organisation and behaviour and he has had a fantastic week in the Boarding House. When asked about who should be awarded Star Boarder of the Week this week, members […]

Ave Maria: Video Feed

Listen to Jack (Year 8), one of our senior choristers, perform Caccini’s Ave Maria, while Mr Quinlivan-Brewer accompanies on the piano.  

Headmaster’s Blog

Those of you who, like me, are raiding the TV Catch-Up channels of an evening to watch the daily highlights of the Rugby World Cup will have noted that, with the exception of New Zealand, all of the nations going head-to-head in the Quarter Finals this weekend are represented on the staff team at ECS. […]

Artists of the Week

Artists of the Week – five fantastic reflection portraits in pencil. Our Artists of the Week are: Ginevra – Year 6 Henrietta – Year 6 Harry C – Year 6 Anna E – Year 6 Jazmin K-N – Year 6

Boarding House News

Our Star Boarder this week is Antoine CM (Year 4). He has been putting an enormous amount of effort into organising himself and tidying his dorm. He also practises his piano and French horn twice a day. He is doing really well. Well done to him. Last Friday took place our first Big Sleepover of […]