Congratulations to:
In their Cooking & Nutrition practical lessons, five students from each class can achieve a Top Chef award in recognition of their culinary skills, as well as one student receiving the Star Chef award for demonstrating excellence when making their chosen dish.
Being able to cook and feed yourself is an important life skill; Mrs Broadley and Mrs Coates strive to instil a love of cooking in the boys from Year 7 all the way through their school journey.
And thank you to FEGS (Friends of Enfield Grammar School) for purchasing our new top chef aprons for the boys to wear proudly.
Following on from our post (below) back in May, Dr Frimpong, along with Ms Miller, took a group of Year 7 students to Brighton with their rocket cars to compete in the National Rocket Car Championships at Hove Park School!!
EGS were in third place after the first race but unfortunately failed to secure a placing after it was decided to carry out a second race and an average taken, however, they still came 4th overall which is a fabulous result.
Congratulations to them 🙂
A fun day was had by all and thank you to Hove Park School for hosting.
Race to the Line Competition
Year 7 engaged in a design competition as part of science week. The Learning Partnership runs the competition each year to inspire young engineers across the country. The brief was to design a rocket car with the materials provided. The key principle was that the car be aerodynamic, which they would achieve by applying their knowledge from science lessons on Newton’s Second Law.
Working in groups, the students assembled and modified the cars. Starting from a foam block, they used a variety of tools construct, shape and add some artistic flare to their designs.
The set up: the launching device was stuck to the ground with a wire going through it. The wire would go through hooks on the bottom of the car (for safety purposes – ensures the car does not jet off in a random direction).
The distance was the same for every launch (8 meters).
When the launcher was activated, a nail would pierce a CO2 cannister in the back of the cars. The gas would then propel the car to the end.
We recorded every launch and extracted the time taken from launch to collision.
Group 4 (Adwaith, Fola, and Kaiden) achieved the best time of 0.40 seconds (an excellent speed of 20 meters per second!)
Thank you to Science Department (teachers and technicians) for delivering the programme and facilitating the launches!
Overall, the students had a fantastic time from start to finish. The screams of excitement and eager eyes during the launches were proof of a job well done!
FEGS would like to thank those of you who have purchased tickets and confirm that you will receive a full refund via ParentPay.
Attention; parents & Carers family and friends, Staff, Ex-Students and ‘Old Boys’
Fancy a Friday night brain stretch? Want a chance to test your fantastic knowledge?
Our annual quiz night returns with fun and games!
Whether you are competitive or not we invite you to come along and join us for a thrilling evening hosted by our talented quizmaster, headteacher Mr Lamb, and a chance for your table to win a £50 cash prize!
The evening will also include a game of Heads & Tails, and of course, thirst quenching drinks/snacks will be available from the FEGS Bar.
Tickets go on sale in the afternoon of Friday 7 June (today!).
Suggested team size is maximum 8 adults per table, and if you haven’t got enough people for a team, come along and we can help you to join up with another table.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.parentpay.com with your existing login details, at a cost of £7 each.
Date: Friday 28 June 2024
Venue: Upper School Main Hall
Time: Doors will open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start, and an end time of approx. 11pm
To pre-reserve a table for your team, please email FEGS at [email protected] after you have purchased your tickets.
Ticket sales will close on Friday 21st June.
Bar payments can be made by cash or card on the night and bring extra coins to play some games!
All to help raise money for our school…… this is not a night to miss!
Limited tickets, first come first served!
If you have any questions, please email: [email protected]
See you there!
As you know, the quiz evening is fast approaching and we would like to make the best out of this event for our school, we would like to ask if you or your business/employer are able to help in any of these ways? …. These are great responsible business initiatives!:
*1. RAFFLE DONATIONS*
Depending on the nature of the business, your company/employer may be willing to donate goods or services we could use as raffle prizes, which would effectively be good advertising for them. Examples could include vouchers for free treatment (manicure, facial, etc), meal for two, discount off products or services (e.g. free first consultation meeting, free assessment and estimate, etc), cash donations or products themselves. We will promote/share your kind donations our social media pages.
Please do reach out to your employer/consider whether your company could contribute and, if so, contact us ([email protected]).
*2. MATCH FUNDING*
Match funding involves an employer/company matching the money raised by employees for the benefit of a charity. The exact terms of how this works and any caps that apply to the money matched would be set out in each company’s own policy.
Please ask your employer whether they offer match funding. You can do this by sending your employer’s HR team an email (below is a template/draft email you can adapt to use for this):
Template/draft to send your employer asking about match funding:
Dear [NAME]
I am writing to ask whether [NAME OF EMPLOYER] offer “match funding” support to staff involved in charitable activities?
The parents’ association of my [child’s/children’s] school (Friends of Enfield Grammar School is a registered charity, number 269212) organises activities to raise much needed funds for the school and I am hoping to be involved in the next event.
I know that some employers engage in match funding (matching the money raised by a member of staff, which then goes to the charity) and wanted to ask if this is something the firm/company] does?
Kind regards
Please Note: You are welcome to bring your own snacks, but NO drinks are permitted, other than drinks purchased from the FEGS Bar. Please be reminded that the school has a ‘no nuts on the premises’ policy. This event has a ‘no refunds’ policy.
If you need to buy your year 6 a school uniform for secondary school or just need some new items then @smithsschoolwear have their ‘earlybird’ discount live this week!
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Please see below for fixtures over the next couple of weeks….
Join us for the last concert of the year and join in the fun…..put Friday 12 July in your diary – tickets now available on ParentPay.
Full details of the roles can be found here: www.enfieldgrammar.org/work-for-us-2/
What a night! We ended last term with a musical extravaganza….
Our Latin Night was a huge success! Super proud of all the performers. Seeing them progress more and more at each concert is a real treat. Shout out to the drumming club who made their debut and absolutely smashed it! Great atmosphere – thank you to all who came.
Now on to rehearse for our final concert of the year……. The Music Soiree: Back to the 70s…… on 14 July.
Ashes57 is an accomplished photographer, illustrator and designer; here is a collage from some of our Year 7 interpretations of her style incorporating, cityscapes, landscapes, thinking of form and perspective, detail and spots of colour……it’s visually very striking!
A distinctive visual style links her illustration, painting and print work – images which are dense and detailed with fine and intricate lines. Her complex cityscapes, rendered in a largely monochromatic palette with an occasional burst of colour, are playgrounds for a revolving cast of DJs, musicians and revellers.
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