Governor Spotlight: Mr Jones-Owen – Chair of Governors

18th October 2022Mrs S Field

School Governor Spotlight: Introducing Mr Guy Jones-Owen, Chair of Governors.

“As an old boy of the school, I am very proud to now be serving as one of its governors. Professionally, I have over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry and am currently the Area Director for Metro Bank in North London. Seeing the boys grow and prepare themselves for the outside world is very important to me and is the ethos of the school.”

Mr Jones-Owen currently sits on the Foundation Trustees Committee, Pay & Performance Committee, a Member at the AGM and is Chair of the Stakeholders Committee and has been a Governor of our school since September 2018.

For more info: https://www.enfieldgrammar.org/about-us/governance/

 

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Calling all Runners: Would you like to represent Enfield in the LYG Cross-Country event?

17th October 2022Mrs S Field

Opportunity to represent Enfield at the London Youth Games cross country event at Parliament Hill on Saturday 19 November:

Team Enfield – Saturday 19th Nov 2022 at Parliament Hill

Event for the following ages:

Age Categories

Event Distance

Oldest DOB

Youngest DOB

 School Year

Under 13’s

2000m

01/09/2009

31/08/2011

Years 6, 7 & 8

Under 15’s

Girls2000m               Boys 3000m

01/09/2007

31/08/2009

Years 9 & 10

Under 17’s

Girls 3000m              Boys 4500m

01/09/2005

31/08/2007

Years 11 & 12

How to enter and run for Enfield

To be able to represent Team Enfield at the London Youth Games X-Country event, you need to either live in, or go to school in the Borough of Enfield.

Team Enfield will choose the team based on the fastest times for a:

  • 5km Parkrun for age categories U13, U15 & U17
  • 2km Junior Parkrun for age category U11
  • For age category U11, if you took part in the Schools Cross country event at Forty Hall on Friday 7th October, you may submit this time as an alternative to taking part in a Junior Parkrun.

To submit your interest, you need to do the following;

Step 1 – Register and have attended at least one Parkrun event in or close to Enfield

5km Parkruns take place every Saturday at 9am. See links below for Parkrun locations in Enfield, please note it does not have to be one of these locations, but must be run within a year of the competition date;

Grovelands Park Run –        http://www.parkrun.org.uk/grovelands/

Pymmes Park Run –             http://www.parkrun.org.uk/pymmes/

2km Junior Parkrun takes place every Sunday at 9am at Enfield Town Park.

Enfield Town Park – https://www.parkrun.org.uk/enfieldtown-juniors/

Step 2 – Complete the registration form and parental consent form via the link below, include your quickest time achieved in a Park Run, and the venue and date of the run, so that we can check it on the Parkrun website. Please complete this by 12pm on Monday 31st October 2022: London Youth Games Cross Country 2022/23 – Team Enfield | Cognito Forms

Step 3 – All submitted forms will be assessed and verified, and then teams chosen. A maximum of six runners are chosen per category for boys and girls.  We will contact you by 5pm on Thursday 3rd November to confirm if you have been selected and to provide further information for those that have.

NB: If selected, participants will need to make their own way to Parliament Hill on Sat 19th November

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]

For more info on London Youth Games head to their website:

https://www.londonyouthgames.org/sports/athletics/cross-country/

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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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