Headmaster’s Blog

It has been a great joy to welcome the School community back to ECS for the start of the Trinity term: if it’s not too late to do so, I wish you all a very Happy Easter. There are some tanned faces around the School site at the moment, suggesting that a good number of […]

Leela in the Dragons’ Den

On 30 March 2019 Leela (Year 7) was invited to be a Dragon at the UK Investor Show 2019, an event that takes place annually at the QE2 conference centre in Westminster. Leela was invited to attend the UK Investor Show after one of the event’s organisers had heard her speak about economics, politics and finance – subjects […]

Easter with the Choristers

The run-up to Easter is one of those times of year that I always look forward to. After a well-deserved break the choristers returned to their duties (more than a week before their peers!) to sing the daily services of Holy Week; that solemn period of time that recounts the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ […]

Music Exam Results

Well done to several of our pupils on their excellent music examination results (Trinity board). Ralph P: Cornet – Grade 2 Distinction Maria N: Singing – Grade 3  Distinction Ellie-May B: Singing  – Grade 3 Distinction Piano – Grade 3 Merit Ginevra D: Singing – Grade 3 Distinction Charlotte C-C: Singing – Grade 6 Distinction ABSRM results […]

International Day

On the 3rd April 2019, International Day took place in the Chapter House. It was a spectacular event that went down extremely well. Adults and children brought in food, fun games, outfits and more, to show and experience with the pupil. I loved watching it take place and it was more than I could have […]

Review of Macbeth by Harry

On the 24th March I went to see the National Theatre’s production of Macbeth at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. The theatre is amazing. On the outside it has in humongous lettering ’in these stones, horizons sing’ and it was written in Welsh too. I’m not sure what it means but made me think […]

Nursery News

Getting ready for Easter The nursery children have had great fun this week with their Easter activities. They have searched for coloured eggs in the garden; decorated real eggs to hang on our Easter tree; talked about the Easter story as they assembled our Easter garden outside and finally had a visit from an Easter […]

Headmaster’s Blog

As the final week of term draws to a close, and as – oh so typically – the rain sets in, I thought that this week’s HM’s Blog could focus less on words and more on numbers. Here, then, is a stats-based review of (a handful of moments from) the Lent term 2019. 14,167: House […]

FECS Letter 6th April

Happy Easter from the FECS team! Hall House has been a hive of excitement this morning with the annual Easter Egg Hunt hosted by FECS and the Easter bunny volunteers. All the children took part in the Easter egg hunt which was organised by class and thoroughly enjoyed by all!   FECS are also pleased […]

Easter Egg Hunt

We were delighted to welcome the Easter bunny into the Hall House garden on the final day of term. The children loved finding the well hidden eggs and entertained the visiting ‘bunnies’ to a favourite song too! A huge thank you to the Hall House FECS team for organising this event – a great favourite […]