Sport News
Congratulations to the ECS Swimming team on winning the very prestigious Exeter Schools Gala. The 100 year old trophy is making it’s way back to school after a short time away. The boys’ team also secured the Relay Cup! An excellent week for our keen swimmers.
Boarding House News
On Wednesday this week was the Leavers Barbecue. I was very worried about the weather but we were extremely lucky as the rain stopped and the sun came out just on time for us to enjoy a wonderful moment with all the regular boarders who had joined us for the occasion. We all enjoyed a […]
Year 4’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Year 4 delighted their audience with an excellent rendition of Shakespeare’s classic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Children performed their roles with gusto and should be commended for their stage presence and direction. The costumes looked fantastic and scenes were aided by the wonderful set pieces produced by the Art Department. Ellie May, Year 5, […]
WW2 at Tiverton Museum
On Thursday Year 3 travelled to Tiverton Museum to continue their research into WW2. The children took part in a variety of workshops including deciding whether to mend, reuse and get rid of old and ripped clothes (skills we would find useful today!). Children also had the chance to listen to Bert, who was evacuated from […]
Artists of the Week
Two Gaudi inspired masks this week. Well done to our Artists of the Week: Thomas C – Year 7 Toby J – Year 7
Art News
Some great teamwork and focus from the Year 8s in Design Technology this week. They were busy making their end of year project and mostly sticking to the instructions! I’m looking forward to seeing them personalise them at the end.
British Championships for Oscar
Congratulations to Oscar for competing in the second and final British Championship qualifying event in Sheffield. Oscar has already successfully qualified to both the English Finals and British finals last month. He came first in the 13/14 year DMT (double trampoline) event setting a huge personal best and a national record for this […]
Headmaster’s Blog
Looking Ahead The summer term is a time when we celebrate academic achievement and begin to gather our thoughts for the next year. We spend time considering what aspects have worked well and what we would like to change for the upcoming year. Our thoughts always centre on improving pupil progress and academic wellbeing by […]
Boarding House News
In the absence of all the Year 8s who have been camping all week, this week’s star boarder is Alice HM (Year 7). She was very helpful around the house and always shows very good behaviour and positive attitude. Well done Alice. Last Friday took place our last sleepover for this academic year. The evening […]
Designing Reusable Food Wrap
As part of their Art lessons, children have been busy designing a Beeswax Wrap (reusable food wrap) for a competition. Pupils have talked a lot about single-use plastics and looked at solutions for reducing plastics and about the importance of recycling and reusing. I am so pleased to have so many brilliant and well thought-out […]
