Chaplain’s Corner
A week of kindness, care and reflection. In our worship this week, we have continued to think about kindness, what it is, how we show it and who we give it to. Following the Prep school’s service for Ash Wednesday last week, the Pre-Prep department came to the cathedral for their service to mark the […]
Boarding House News
Star Boarder of the week this week is Lottie CC. Lottie is a wonderful young woman who is always on her best behaviour. She is an example for all the boarders, especially the younger ones, of whom she’s always supportive. Lottie constantly works hard in the prep room and makes sure her prep work is […]
Pi Day!
What was special about yesterday? Yes – you got it 3.14 Pi day! All the pupils in Year 5-8 had a short talk on Pi and then did Pi based activities during their Maths lessons. Year 5 made Pi Sky, Year 6 learned about the parts of a circle, Year 7 calculated Pi by measuring […]
Nursery at Dartmoor Zoo
The Nursery children had a lovely time at Dartmoor Zoo! The weather could have been better, but it didn’t spoil their enthusiasm or the fun. The children loved looking at all the animals and enjoyed handling the snakes, ghekos, tortoises and stick insects. The peacocks were noisy; the monkeys were cheeky; the capybaras were drenched and the […]
Celebrating Women’s Suffrage!
As part of the school-wide celebration of International Women’s Day, Year 4 shared their own research into women’s suffrage. We learned about the beginnings of the movement, to the changes in law in 1918 to full suffrage being achieved 1928. We also learned about the main protagonists and events throughout the period and considered the […]
BBC Young Reporters: News update 3
Life in Year 6 Amy W At ECS Year 6 is an action-packed year you will love. We have awesome English lessons with Mr Bartlett and Miss Cox and play lots of sports such as hockey, netball, rounders, cricket to name just a few. I have interviewed some current Year 6 pupils to hear what […]
World Book Day
World Book Day is never a subdued experience at ECS! From Hall House to the Chantry, pupils were caught up in a world of literature. What was going on you wonder? The Gruffalo came to open the new Hall House library Several costume fashion shows took place during morning assembly Games, photo displays and activity […]
Boarding House News
Star Boarder Of The Week this week is Phoebe G. She usually only boards one night a week and is always fantastic but this last week she also boarded at the weekend and Miss Rhodes was especially pleased with her. I was also delighted with her reading of the French book “Le Petit Prince.” Phoebe is a […]
Artists of the Week
Pineapples are of great interest in our Art Department! Take a look at the work produced by our Artists of the Week: Maddy R – Year 7 Grace V – Year 7 Bea W – Year 7 Anya W – Year 7
Blue Peter Book Awards 2019
Best Book with Facts and Best Story The Blue Peter Book Award winners were announced on World Book Day. Over the past month pupils had the opportunity to read and vote for one of the three nominated books in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category. All three books are colourful and informative and many pupils […]
