Medieval Mayhem!
Year 1 galloped back in time yesterday for a spot of jousting, dancing and crafting on their very own Medieval Day. Everyone got into the spirit, arriving in an array of impressive costumes and, not to be outdone, the teachers also dressed for the occasion! The children got in some target practice with their foam lances and rehearsed […]
A Letter from the Queen
Year 3 received some very exciting post this week. As part of our History topic on royalty through the ages we had looked at our modern royal family and thought of some questions we would like to ask the Queen. We used our English lessons to hone our letter writing skills, posted our letters off […]
Art News
This week some of our Year 5 and 6’s have been busy completing a John Lewis Innovation Challenge called ‘Skills for Life’. The challenge set by their Sustainability Managers was ‘How would you reinvent a school blazer to give it a new life?’ We have 4 teams and they have all come up with some original and inventive ideas and […]
Artists of the Week
Some excellent clay work again this week. Well done to: Xanthe S Year 5 Freddie W Year 5 Maddy R Year 6 Hannah G Year 6 Felicity P & Oscar G Year 7 Mrs Zoe Reavill Head of Art and Design
Headmaster’s Blog
Who doesn’t love a Royal wedding? Monarchist or no, the pageantry and sense of excitement that builds up across the county as Prince gets set to marry (soon-to-be) Princess lends us all an uplifting sense of celebration and a sort of bunting-based camaraderie. Actually, though, in Morning Worship this week (from the Cathedral Quire – […]
Fit and Physical Club
This term some of the pupils from Reception to Year 2 are enjoying the challenges and joy of exercising after school. Each Friday the Fit and Physical club gathers and we enjoy a fun time together doing aerobics, dancing to music, circuits, running relay races which involved skipping, bean bags, bouncy hoppers and much more! I have been really […]
Boarding House News
What a lovely week it has been in boarding…. Our Big Boarding Sleepover on Friday 8th June is getting nicely booked up! Still a few places on the boys landing if anyone was interested in coming to see what boarding is all about. We’ve got activities lined up and we hope it will be a […]
Sports News
A perfect summer’s sporting week filled with rounders, cricket and athletics! On Monday, the Girls U10A&B rounders teams hosted The Maynard School at the County ground, a fantastic fielding display by both sides saw a close encounter which ECS were just edged out in, Xanthe S was awarded fielder player of the match with Fearne […]
Athletics News
On Sunday, 22 students travelled to Taunton to take part in the King’s College Annual Prep Athletics Event. Sunday was the first chance of the term for students to get out onto the athletics track to run, jump and throw their way through the afternoon. Under blue skies and bright sunshine there were some fantastic […]
Biology and Art with Year 5
Year 5 was treated to an interactive talk today from Maggie Sindall, artist and retired Head of Science at Cloyton Grammar School who lives near Lyme Regis. Maggie brought in lots of ancient and modern items for the children to handle and encouraged them to think through the process of Evolution. During the afternoon, students […]
