Only a week to go till we open our doors for the evening at both our Lower and Upper sites. If you have a boy in Year 5 or 6, come and have a look at what we can offer him and meet our teachers and some of our students….
We look forward to welcoming you and your son.
We’ve had a busy time settling back into school, catching up with friends, starting our school work and welcoming our new Year 7 students, so we’re excited to say that school clubs/teams/bands are starting up again; all things music, sports, breakfast club, gardening club, DofE Bronze, library…..
Visit our school clubs page on our website:https://www.enfieldgrammar.org/school-clubs/
Students also have access to lots of information as well as the various clubs from their Student Home Page on the website.
#extracurricular #schoolclubs #sportteams #schoolbands #enrichment
Following on from their incredible performance at Glastonbury which hit our local news, Ezra Collective won The Mercury Prize last night.
This is such fabulous news and we are delighted for our ‘Old Boys’ and their band mates.
At the awards ceremony, Femi’s speech thanked people and organisations that gave support during their musical journey, and again, we are so proud to get a mention and know how our passionate music department was one of the various platforms that helped springboard these ex-students to where they are now. He emphasises how important all our local youth groups and services are in the UK, believing in and giving young people a chance.
These brothers, Femi & TJ and their band mates are a shining example of what dedication and hard work can achieve, from the Year 7 Band to Mercury music prize-winners !
(YouTube clip 2.5 minutes long – a super delighted Ezra Collective moment and a lovely tribute to youth services inc an EGS mention at 1.35)
Ezra Collective is composed of drummer and bandleader Femi Koleoso, bassist TJ Koleoso, keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones, trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi, and tenor saxophonist James Mollison.
The group took the top prize over nominated artists including Fred Again, Arctic Monkeys and Raye!
#ezracollective #mercuryprize #EGSmusicdept #followyourdreams #supportouryouth
Femi & TJ playing in one of our EGS music concerts
“on music tour”!
There were so many activities going on during the run up to the end of term; department trips, tours, music concerts and activity days, finishing with our annual staff BBQ, where staff get the chance to relax and socialise, are thanked for their hard work and dedication throughout the year and, also to say goodbye to colleagues who are moving on.
We would like to wish all our students (including our prospective ones!), their families, our staff, LYDS Community Patrol, supporters and local community, a happy and healthy summer break.
So, until the results days in August…. ‘goodbye and stay safe’.
Here is a video snippet of some events that we didn’t get around to posting about just before the end of term….
To keep up with all the latest happenings at Enfield Grammar School please check our school website or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
As to my “music” life, I’ve been lucky enough to have many great role models throughout my years at EGS such as Joel Waters, (band instructor), Arran Ness, (my previous music teacher), Malcolm Escott and Simon Tate-Lovery. I owe a lot of my love of music to them, as they’ve been the ones to stick with me and my music since 2018.My time at EGS has given me experience that will stick with me forever as I’ve been able to perform, write and, as cliché as it is, just freely be myself.I will miss music at EGS but I’ll definitely be back for future concerts. I honestly don’t know where I specifically see myself in 5, 10 or 15 years but the one thing I know for sure is that I’ll be doing “music”. (another cliché statement but we’ll go with it) 😀
Did you see the article in last week’s Enfield Independent newspaper? If not, here is the full article online:
Musical brothers whose talent took them to Glastonbury donated some of their fee to EGS help the next generation of young musicians at their old school.
The band even gave the school a shout out during their Glastonbury performance, adding: “It’s important – give young people an instrument and give them a chance.”
