Art News
Currently our dining room contains a lovely display of ‘Still Life’ work. These are a selection of Years 4, 5 & 6 artwork, on show for our pupils to enjoying during their lunch time.
Headmaster’s Blog
I had envisaged being late for School on Thursday morning, given the anticipated truckload of Valentine’s cards that would likely be blocking my front door on the 14th. At least, this is what I told the Prep School during HM’s Assembly in the Quire on Monday morning. As it turns out, my journey to work […]
BBC Young Reporters: News update 2
Get to the know the Teacher! Amy W I interviewed Mr Bartlett this week to find out a bit more about him. I managed to get some great responses. We are very lucky to have Mr Bartlett at ECS as one of our teachers and now to the questions: Why did you become a teacher? […]
Sport News
A few photo highlights from last week’s fixtures against St Peter’s. Unfortunately, the team lost but they look like they enjoyed themselves anyway! This week the U11 A and B teams played St John’s and Stover in a mini tournament. The B team played incredibly well with close matches in all their games and […]
Dinosaur Day
To round off their Dinosaur topic the Reception children had a fun filled Dinosaur Dress Up Day, and finished the day by sharing their learning with their parents, grandparents and carers. Should you need to know anything about Dinosaurs, please ask any of the Reception children as they are all experts!
Mighty Orchestra Day
ECS Music is proud to say we made up a third of the orchestra for the Prep Schools’ Mighty Orchestral Day at Wellington School on Friday 8th February. Thirty nine Years 4 to 8 ECS students took part in this wonderful day where they represented our school with both skill and enthusiasm. Wellington School kindly […]
Art News
This week in the Art Department we have been studying pineapples and appreciating how beautiful the fruit is! Some huge and brilliant large mixed media works have been produced, well done children for looking and concentrating so hard.
Year 4 History Detectives!
Year 4 travelled back in time to the Anglo-Saxon period for a day of fun and focused activities to augment their History topic. As History Detectives, the day’s activities were based on the higher-order thinking question of not ‘what’ but ‘How do we know about the Anglo-Saxons?’ The sessions: Who were they? Creating a human timeline to […]
Boarding House News
The Big One-Sie Sleepover Last Friday, 29 children came to the Boarding House for an evening of fun with their friends. For those who arrived early at the Boarding House, the evening started with a quick change into their best onesie and a showing of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. After supper and once everyone had arrived, […]
Library News
Valentine Events in the Library To celebrate Valentine’s Day and our love of reading, two events took place in the Chantry Library this week. Year 5-8 pupils joined in a ‘Strictly Come Reading’ competition. There were eleven enthusiastic participants, four judges, an audience and a selection of wrapped books for the event. Each contestant unwrapped their […]
