Our School Governors: ‘EGS Governing Body’ – An Introduction

17th October 2022Mrs S Field
It’s time to start introducing some of our School Governors who are all volunteers in the extremely important role they play to support and guide the school. Over the next few weeks, we will ‘spotlight’ some of our governors so that you can get to know them.
 
Our Enfield Grammar School Governing Body is made up of various governors;
Foundation Trustees, Parent Governors, Staff Governors, Community and Co-Opted Governors.
These governors sit on sub-committees that hold 3-4 meetings per year; Resources & Management, Standards & Achievement, Stakeholders and Admissions as well as the FGBs.
For more information about school governance and our governing body, please visit our website page: https://www.enfieldgrammar.org/about-us/governance/
 
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DofE Silver Exped 22 ….Success!

13th October 2022Mrs S Field

Huge congratulations to Kavin, Richie, Tuan-Raihan, Jasraj and Harrison for successfully completing the DofE Silver Expedition weekend.

On Friday 7th October, our 5 Silver DofE participants set off to the Peak District to complete their Silver Award Expedition of 3 days and 2 nights.
The boys experienced a tough first day, hiking 10 miles from Matlock to their destination, carrying a fully loaded rucksack and enduring many spells of heavy rain. The boys, however, persevered as a team completed their routes over seven hours.
After a good evenings rest, the boys then set of on their second days route. They navigated south following the River Derwent completing, in total, 15 miles over the course of the day. The weather was much kinder on them with beautiful sunshine and sights to take in. The Chatsworth Estate being one of the beautiful backdrops for them to take in.
For their final day of hiking their expedition route, the boys were taken up into the ‘Dark Peaks’, ascending Mam Tor to the height of 517 metres to take in the breath-taking scenery.  They then following the path along the ridgeline before descending towards the town of Castleton.
Their Silver expedition then cumulating in a further ascent of 250 metres from the town towards the waiting and welcoming view of the school mini bus.
The team did incredibly well over their expedition weekend, despite all the challenges they faced. They worked together and kept each other motivated to complete their routes. The boys should be very proud of their achievement and determination; truly living by the school motto “As much as I can”.
Both Mr Smith and Mr Wragg  were extremely proud of the boys and, have really enjoyed the overall experience of spending this time with them throughout this expedition as well as the previous practices and Bronze Expedition back in the summer. .

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Staff INSET #BHM Style…

12th October 2022Mrs S Field
Last Friday was our INSET Day, and as it was during #BHM we were all treated to an amazing themed lunch cooked by our very own; Mr Khan, Mr Applewhaite, Mrs Hardy & Mrs Okuyemi. Look what we had:
 
Guyanese Goat Curry
Trinidadian Brown Stewed Chicken
Trinidadian Chana Aloo (ChickPea Curry)
Nigerian Jollof rice
Indian Basmati rice
Mixed Rotis
 
Delicious and filling, it got us all through the rest of the day very contentedly!
Thank You Very Much 🙂
 
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Open-Evening October 2022: A Great Evening!

11th October 2022Mrs S Field
We’d like to say a massive thank you to:
 
– all our STAFF all their work yesterday in putting together and hosting a fantastic Open-Evening.
– all our STUDENT volunteers helping out as tour guides, meet & greet, helping in departments.
– all the lovely FAMILIES who visited us; it was lovely to see you all and thank you for the wonderful feedback we received last night and today.
 
There was such a lot to see and get involved in; science experiments, music performances, murder mystery, tasting and branding, DT creations and even toasted marshmallows from our DofE boys.
 
EGS Open-Evening successful!
 
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Staff Spotlight: Ms N Baldwin, Head of Psychology

10th October 2022Mrs S Field

We start this week off by introducing our new Head of Psychology, Ms Baldwin.

Originally from Mauritius, Mrs Baldwin moved to England aged 8 and spent most of her school years in North London, she then went on to study a Psychology degree at university, followed by teacher training at Brighton University.
 
After graduating she started her career teaching GCSE social sciences and A-level Psychology. Throughout her career so far, she has had a number of varied roles, from classroom teacher, head of faculty and assistant headteacher.
 
She enjoys travelling and spending time with her family. She has a son aged 4 and a daughter aged 2!
 
Having spent most of her life living and teaching in London, she is so pleased to join the Enfield Grammar community teaching in the town that she grew up in and helping contribute to our boys exciting future ahead.

Our EGS Y11 Boys off on their DofE Silver Expedition

8th October 2022Mrs S Field

Our Silver DofE boys went off early yesterday morning with Mr Wragg & Mr Smith to complete their qualifying expedition; 3 days and 2 nights in the Peak District.

Yesterday was a bit wet and cold but they managed 6 hours of hiking and got back to base just before dark.

Today is looking sunnier and warmer for them and they seem to be making good time.

Hope they are enjoying the scenery as well as the experience.

Very proud of these boys 🙂

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Staff Spotlight: Mr Escott, Teacher of Music

7th October 2022Mrs S Field

Malcolm Escott is our Music Technology Teacher, Guitar Teacher and oversees some of our school bands.

Malcolm has over thirty years of diverse performing, arranging and composition experience having been classically trained from a young age at Newcastle Cathedral before moving to London where he graduated from Middlesex University with a degree in Performing Arts.

In his career, Malcolm has won Guinness Battle of the Bands, recorded in New York, made several TV appearances and toured extensively through the U.K. and Europe as well as having been a member of a range of bands (soul, swing, rock) and had tracks commercially published.

Throughout this time, Malcolm also taught and mentored hundreds of young people at Enfield Grammar School and also at the North London Performing Arts Centre.

He was also a Music Technology examiner for Edexcel for four years before setting up the course at Enfield Grammar with Mr Leverno in 2015.

He then took a role as lead content provider for MusicTechStudent.com, but has now returned to teach the course once more at EGS.

Malcolm is currently a guitarist with London-based band Bazooka Joe, is routinely publishing new arrangements and compositions, is the main writer and performer with electric outfit Tartouf and is composing the soundtrack to a video game.

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National Poetry Day at EGS

6th October 2022Mrs S Field
Mrs Rudolph, Mrs Foxley, Ms Print & Mrs Hardy organised and supported our annual Poetry Slam in recognition of National Poetry Day today.
“Some of our lower school boys were amazing!…..reading their favourite poems, some had written their own poem or performed a rap and there were even fabulous dance skills on display! I am so very proud of them all. Certificates are on their way!”
 
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Here is one amazing poem written by Luc: Poem