#StudentSpotlight: Teddy Wilson Year 13

17th September 2024Mrs S Field

Today we celebrate Teddy’s achievements and success in the world of athletics. He is definitely one to watch out for in future world championships and the Olympics. Here is a rundown of his successes so far:

  • is currently the European U18 100m record holder
  • U20 100m  Relay Silver medal winner in the recent World Athletics (see photo with Mr Lamb joining him to help show off all his medals!)
  • U20 100m Sprint finalist in the recent World Athletics
  • Commonwealth Gold and Silver medal winner
  • European Championship Bronze medal winner

Congratulations, Teddy, on all you well-deserved achievements and medals – we are so proud to have you as one of our students!

We wish him all the best in his final year of sixth form where he is studying PE and Sociology A-levels and Level 3 Applied Science.

If your son is involved in/has achieved something that you are proud of, please let us know so we can celebrate him.
#studentsuccess #studentachievements #goals #motivation #passion #resilience #pride

 

#StudentSpotlight: Malakai Morgan Year 11

13th September 2024Mrs S Field
We end this week with a #StudentSpotlight
We love to celebrate all achievements of our students, be they in school or not. Every challenge and every achievement goes towards the education, experience, character and self-worth of an individual, and today we spotlight Malakai Morgan in Year 11.
Malakai is a member of the Swim Enfield squad and seems to be following in the footsteps (or rather, swim strokes!) of Josh Kirlew, one of our ex-students who competed in the Paris Olympic Games this summer.

Malakai performs at a high level in swimming, his main stroke being the butterfly at 50m and 100m.  Due to his achievements and times this year ……

  • Middlesex Champion in 100fly, 50m free and 50 fly
  • South East and London Regional Silver Medalist at 50 fly and bronze at 100 fly
…….he has was invited to take part in the English Championships which is only offered to the top 40 swimmers in the country.
Malakai finished 12th in the 50m and 18th in the 100m which is an amazing achievement.

His efforts have also scored him to represent Middlesex in the National County Team Championships in October.

We join his family in being incredibly proud of Malakai’s achievements and wish and support him in all his future competitions and progress within the sport.  Hopefully, we shall be spotlighting him again soon!

If your son is involved in/has achieved something that you are proud of, please let us know so we can celebrate him.
#studentsuccess #studentachievements #goals #motivation #passion #resilience #pride

Welcome Back to School

5th September 2024Mrs S Field

With the first full day of all students back in/completing induction nearly over, we have to say it was lovely to have the ‘school buzzing’ again.

We hope the Year 7s enjoyed their introduction to their new school day and that our new Year 12s are settling in.

Now it’s time to get the ball rolling with students gathering up as many house points as possible! There is everything to play for and we already have some scores on the first day back!

Behaviour, courtesy, uniform, work ethic, involvement, helpfulness, beautiful books, attendance, and of course, ‘tant que je puis’ (as much as I can) is all taken into consideration plus much more – so just be the best version of YOU!

Watch out for the monthly updates to see how your House is performing….

Reading and Writing Resources for the Summer Holidays…

25th July 2024Mrs S Field
Here is a link to the Enfield Library Events page. The Homework club is term time only but the two writing ones (at Palmers Green & Ordnance Road libraries) are available in the holidays.
The Wheelers ebook platform: https://enfieldgrammar.wheelers.co/
Head to our Library page for links to reading resources such as The Day and Complete Issues: https://www.enfieldgrammar.org/learning-support/curriculum/literacy-library/

Year 10 Work Experience

24th July 2024Mrs S Field

A fortnight of work experience for our Year 10 resulted in much valuable feedback; the boys have gained a much clearer understanding of various job roles and careers, and what it is like to be in a working environment. Employers have a chance to mentor students and help teach them some valuable skills.

Over the course of the 2 weeks, our staff went out and about all over London to meet up with most of the students in their places of work to check how they were getting on and receive feedback from the employers.

Students returned from their ‘postings’ either knowing that the industry they had experienced was exactly the one they would like to work within in the future or realising it really was not for them, thus saving further education in the wrong area. They now have a slightly better understanding of the working world and their lives enriched just that little bit more.

The only photos we have are of those young men who stayed with us in school and took up opportunities to work within the Catering and Premises departments. They were all given high praise for their commitment and effort that they put in to their jobs……and one photo of Nicholas who truly impressed Mrs McCall with the delicious sandwich he made for her in Tongue and Brisket!

 

Our Jack Petchey Winners 2023-2024

24th July 2024Mrs S Field

Jack Petchey 2023-24 Award Winners

Although we all received the very sad news of the passing of Jack Petchey CBE last month, his foundation is set to continue recognising the achievements of young people for many more years.

EGS is fortunate to be recognised as Gold Award winners and our 2023-24 Jack Petchey winners for this year, as voted for by students and staff are: Ed H, Tamzid, Oscar, Taye, Tevaughn, Shakithyan, Jamal, Otis, Harris

CONGRATULATIONS to them all! These students have been outstanding in one way or another (achievement, commitment, overcoming challenge, contribution) which has been recognised by the school community. The boys have decided that the financial side of their awards go to the following areas:

  • Science Dept to replace some of the older equipment
  • Art Dept to access interactive resources
  • Sports Dept new football kit and update some of the older equipment
  • Sixth Form to help improve their facilities
  • Music Dept to update some of the older equipment
  • Computing Dept to buy some new equipment
  • Funding towards Year 8 trips for those who need financial assistance