Winnie the Pooh’s ‘Hunny’ Hunt! World Book Day
Winnie the Pooh has lost his ‘hunny’! To get it back, all of the Lower Years pupils took part in a big ‘Hunny Challenge!’ over the morning. In teams, children had to complete four different challenges, showing excellent teamwork and imagination, in order to succeed in helping Pooh: It is Piglet’s birthday today and no […]
Art News
Mrs Reavill had the wonderful opportunity of meeting one of Picasso’s models this week. Lydia Corbett, then known as Sylvette David and ‘the girl with the ponytail’, sat for Pablo Picasso at the age of 19 for 4 months in France in 1954. He produced 60 paintings and sculptures of her which are worth hundreds of millions […]
Year 8 at the Faraday Challenge
On Thursday 28th February two teams of six Year 8 students went to Wellington School to take part in a heat of the Faraday Challenge run by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. They were tasked with designing and building a prototype of something which could support the engineers or the deployment of the James Webb […]
Headmaster’s Blog
It was an honour and a privilege earlier this week to meet a most distinguished visitor. He had terrible claws, very knobbly knees, orangey eyes, and what looked very much like a poisonous wart on the end of his nose. The purple prickles all over his back meant his visit required a heightened risk assessment, […]
Headmaster’s Blog
Hakuna Matata – what a wonderful phrase. And I have just heard it in Kalendar Hall, where the Pre-Prep Movie Night is in full swing. The Lion King, popcorn, hot dogs, a huge fruit basket, choc ices, and lots of lovely helpful people to look after you: what a great way to see in the […]
International Women’s Day
Hello, I am Ginevra D and I am in year 5. On Friday 8th March it is International Women’s Day and I’ve organised a ‘Penny Drive’ and a quiz to raise money for Amnesty International who do lots of work to support the rights of women in the developing world. It’s just over 100 years […]
Boarding House News
Star Boarder Of the Week this week is Alice HM. She has been very good with her prep and music this week. Also, she has been looking after and caring for some of our younger boarders. Games Room There’s big news in the Boarding House with the opening of the Games Room. On Thursday night, boarders […]
Artists of the Week
Some brilliant Still Life creations this week. Our deserving Artists of the Week are: Ellenna C – Year 4 Michael J – Year 5
Sport News
The ECS running team have been stretching their legs recently. An excellent effort from all the runners at the Stover cross country. A special mention to Poppy who won her race. A great afternoon, well done.
Castle Builders
In Year 1, we have been learning about castles. Our challenge has been to make models of castles in all our provision areas. We have also been doing some Mathemagical Maths in a Mathemagical Castle. We had to work out how many people worked in the castle and how many animals were kept in the castle. […]
