For details about this position, please visit our recruitment page: https://www.enfieldgrammar.org/work-for-us-2/
Last Thursday, a group of our students went busking in Enfield Town. It was a fantastic afternoon and a great experience for the boys to play music to the general public from the market bandstand. They spread some Christmas cheer and raised over £120 for the North London Hospice. Thank you to all who popped by and donated. 🙏
#lovemusic #christmascheer #busking #funsdraising #enfieldtown
We are currently running an inter-house competition in year 7 to include all subjects. So far, we have completed Rugby, Art and Food Tech, but we just had to mention how overwhelmed we were with the cookies that were handed in! The brief was to make cookies and design packaging to put them in.
We really did have some incredible contenders!
Congratulations to joint winners 7M and 7U (woohoo!) but also a shout-out to all who have taken part so far – Well done Year 7!!
Our garden club has spent the term, since September, weeding, pruning, planting, putting up a new greenhouse, collecting leaves for composting and more…..it’s been busy! (in-between all the rain!)
To end the term we held a festive wreath-making session for the boys; it’s creative and calming but also a lovely opportunity for us, as staff, to spend quality time with them.
They were able to take home some of their wonderful handicraft to help make their houses a little bit more festive!
Thank you to Ms Culora, the wellbeing team and Ms Miller who came along to support, and as always, to our fabulous parent helper Sarah, who volunteers her time every week to make gardening and the outdoors accessible, interesting and fun for the boys.
So from me, Mrs Field, on behalf of gardening club we wish you all a happy and healthy break – see you in the new year!
Happy Hanukkah: 7 to 15 December 2023
Hanukkah (also spelled “Chanukah”) is an eight-day winter “festival of lights,” which begins each year on the 25th day of the Jewish calendar month of Kislev. Jewish people light special menorahs (candelabras), adding another flame each night, until on the eighth night eight flames are burning brightly.
Because the Hebrew calendar is based on the lunar cycle, the dates of Jewish holidays according to the Gregorian calendar change yearly. For this reason, the beginning of Hanukkah can range from late November to late December.
The story: Hanukkah is an 8-day Jewish festival marking the miraculous victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, over the Seleucidian Greek occupiers in the year 139 BCE. After recapturing Jerusalem’s Holy Temple, which had been converted into a place of idol worship, they searched for pure oil with which to light the Temple menorah. They found just enough to burn for one day, but miraculously it burned for eight days until more oil could be brought.
To commemorate the miracle, which involved oil, oily foods are enjoyed on Chanukah. Since the Middle Ages, doughnuts (sufganiyot) have been a Chanukah favorite. Among Ashkenazim, potato pancakes (latkes) are also a classic. It is also customary to eat dairy on Chanukah, recalling how the brave Yehudit served cheese and wine to a Greek general before defeating him.
Our Library has a lovely display for students to have look at and find out more…
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As we navigate through challenging times, we are acutely aware of the financial hardships facing many families across the UK due to the ongoing economic crisis.
As a school community, we are committed to supporting our students and their families.
To assist families this winter we re launched our fundraising appeal last night with the aim to provide financial assistance to those who require support during these difficult times.
Each barrier or worry that we can remove for a young person improves their experience at school and helps to support their engagement and learning.
Thank you in advance for your support and, if you are able to donate, your kind donation will help make a positive difference to our students and their families.
Click this link to got to our fundraiser:
Gofund.me/EGS Community Fundraiser
Christmas Jumper Day is Save the Children’s annual event which raises money for the children who need it most. At EGS a large number of staff and a handful of sixth form students opt to wear a Christmas jumper on this day (you can of course wear a Christmas jumper on any day of the year!).
We ask for a donation of £1 which will be given to Save the Children (an envelope will be in each school office and also in each staff room); this is a voluntary donation and the “Jumper Police” won’t be operating across the school!
Christmas Jumper Day has raised over £35 million for children in the UK and around the world since it began in 2012! Let’s hope that our small donations can make a difference.
