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Scheherazade – A Year 4 Production

Year 4 put on a fantastic production of Scheherazade, the story of a daring young bride who told stories to appease a jealous prince in a bid to save her life and that of her sister. The audience were treated to a selection of songs and stories about kings, thieves, fisherman, mermaids and a very […]

New Members of the Board of Governors

We are delighted to share with the ECS community the news that four new Governors have been appointed to the Board:   Very Revd Jonathan Greener, Dean of Exeter In September 2003, Jonathan was appointed Archdeacon of Pontefract. He was in this post for four years, and during that time also chaired the Diocesan board […]

This Week at ECS

Exeter Cathedral School Calendar Trinity Term Calendar: This Week at ECS June Week 12

World of Country Life

The nursery children went to ‘World of Country Life’ at Exmouth this week. The highlight of the trip was our tractor train ride where we fed some very hungry and persistent llamas and deer. If they could have joined us in the carriages, they would! We saw a wide variety of farm animals and stroked […]

Sailing the Seven Seas

The Reception classes had a Pirate and Mermaid dress-up day as part of their learning on ‘Sailing the Seven Seas.’ At the end of the day we had an Open Classroom and parents came to join us. This provided the children with an opportunity to present some of their learning to a small audience. The […]

Sports News

Sports day can sometimes send a shiver down a games teacher’s back. For weeks before the questions start going round their heads: will the weather be ok, is everything going to be set up in time, will the children know where they are meant to be, will I forget the stopwatch, have I packed sun […]

Years 4 -8 Swimming Gala

My day didn’t start very well. News that illness and injury seemed to have exclusively hit members of the swimming team greeted me, and I mentally prepared myself for a walk over by Exeter School. We took 36 children from years 4 – 8 to complete against Exeter School in an A and B team […]

Headmaster’s Blog

Open the ECS calendar (the little blue book we send home each term) at a random page.  Let’s say you stumble across the page after the central staples.  That’s week 10.  That’s the week we’ve just had.  Skim through the week (that’s parcourir in French, by the way – I was discussing with a keen […]

This Week at ECS

Exeter Cathedral School Calendar Trinity Term Calendar: This Week at ECS June Week 11