EGS Boys doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award

5th July 2021Mrs S Field

We are so proud of Dom, Luc and Ed in Year 10 who have been volunteering at a local vaccination centre as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award.

A great example of our boys living the School’s motto Tant Que Je Puis (As Much As I Can).

Watch this space for the roll out of our DofE Bronze programme coming soon!

 

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International Plastic Free Bag Day

3rd July 2021Mrs S Field
It is International Plastic Free Bag Day today!
This is a global initiative that aims to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags in the world and makes us consider our impact on the environment, particularly our use of plastics and the negative effect it has on our world
If you go shopping, consider what bag you will use to bring it home in!
Our Form Time Reading this week was an extract today from a non-fiction book written by Isabel Thomas called “This Book is not Rubbish”.
Isabel Thomas is a science writer and environmentalist. She writes for various science magazines and has written lots of science based fiction and non-fiction books. She also works with Oxford University and their “Parents for STEM” encouraging children from diverse backgrounds to get into Science and Technology.
Go to the website to find out some really interesting facts and figures about plastic use….:
 

EGS Swings to the Sound of Jazz…

2nd July 2021Mrs S Field
EGS swings to the sound of jazz….
A great visit from the Dave Storey Trio last Friday who played to, and took questions from, some of our students.
Watch the slideshow below (click the image) – there’s a little musical treat at the end 🙂

 

 

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#FavouriteBookFriday with…. Director of Sport, Mr Kendrick

2nd July 2021Mrs S Field
#FavouriteBookFriday:
Director of Sport, Mr Kendrick has chosen ‘Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh’.
 
The definitive account of the author’s twelve-year quest to uncover and make known the truth about Lance Armstrong’s long history of performance-enhancing drug use, which ultimately led to the cyclist’s being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
“I wanted to tell him that the problems of the more recent past were in part down to journalists being too gullible. And to remind him of the role journalists and newspapers had played in the creation of the Tour de France… Journalists are sentimental creatures and the success of the Tour is built on emotion and memory.”

Know Your Onions!

29th June 2021Mrs S Field
Know Your Onions
We have been delighted to work alongside the charity, School Food Matters, with the “Know Your Onions” project.
We have delivered 2 workshops this term – planting and growing where the students learnt about seasonal fruit and vegetables and a cooking session that allowed the students to prepare a range of healthy meals using fresh produce.
Our 3rd session next term will see our students visit our local market to sell their school grown produce.