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As we navigate through challenging times, we are acutely aware of the financial hardships facing many families across the UK due to the ongoing economic crisis.
As a school community, we are committed to supporting our students and their families.
To assist families this winter we re launched our fundraising appeal last night with the aim to provide financial assistance to those who require support during these difficult times.
Each barrier or worry that we can remove for a young person improves their experience at school and helps to support their engagement and learning.
Thank you in advance for your support and, if you are able to donate, your kind donation will help make a positive difference to our students and their families.
Click this link to got to our fundraiser:
Gofund.me/EGS Community Fundraiser
The Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge, a national speech competition that is run with Year 10 pupils every year, is a fantastic opportunity for our students to learn confidence and eloquence. Thousands of students took part last year and we were thrilled that our very own Ethan Bousoula won the nationals with his hilarious, wise and moving words.
Last week, the English department was delighted to run an awards ceremony for Ethan with The Speakers Trust. The Mayor of Enfield, Ethan’s father, and other representatives from the Speaker’s Trust attended the ceremony with the rest of Year 11 to recognise Ethan’s great achievement and congratulate him on this impressive accolade. Year 11 made us proud as a supportive and mature audience.
Ethan serves as a great example for this year’s competition hopefuls and he gave some sage advice to our Year 10 students who are currently taking part in the competition. The first workshop kicks off next week – good luck boys!
EGS looks forward to hosting the Regional Finals of the competition in February of 2024, where Ethan will no doubt be supporting this year’s local finalists.
To listen to Ethan’s award-winning speech, click here:
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.
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….
- Year 7 Activity Day
- Year 8 Activity Day
- Year 8 & 9 Maths & Computer Science Trip to Legoland
- Year 10 Trip to Thorpe Park – 58 year 10 pupils were rewarded for their excellent behaviour and work throughout the year with a trip to Thorpe Park. The day went superbly and all the boys and teachers enjoyed themselves and the glorious sunny weather.
- Year 7 Choir perform for local residents – Our fabulous choir, EGS Voices, joined local choir “Adorned” at Ponders End Methodist Church for a performance for local residents. Our fabulous singing teacher Paula Thompson led the choir and they all sang brilliantly! We had lots of comments from the audience about how fantastic they were and looked forward to the next performance.
- Year 7 perform at St Andrews – The Year 7 boys put on a fantastic show for the year 5 and 6 students at St.Andrews Primary School. They performed a couple of songs and then showed off the various instruments and answered questions about life in year 7. Mr Kendrick then spoke about the Sports scholarship and how students can apply and excel at Enfield Grammar. All of the young students were fully engaged, asking questions and thoroughly enjoying the boys performance
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A great PSHE workshop yesterday, delivered by the fantastic, multi-award education winner; Impressionable Minds. They present invaluable information, advice and support to our students with interactive sessions…… all aimed at our youth, who have.. ‘impressionable minds’.
More info: www.impressionableminds.co.uk
Regional Champion: Ethan Bousoula – Congratulations!
In February, the Enfield Regional Final 2022-23 of the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge was hosted.
634 students had previously attended the Jack Petchey workshops and from them, Ethan was selected to go forward into the final.
The regional final evening was packed with original and insightful ideas from many young speakers, but it was our very own Ethan who stood out and won the judges over with his speech called “It Doesn’t Get Better (YOU get better)”.
Ethan’s speech was an emotional account of his experience of being gay and coming out at EGS. His speech was honest, vulnerable and incredibly powerful and I am very confident that out of the 37 Regional Finalists, he will be chosen as one of the 15 to perform at The Cambridge Theatre on the West End and go for gold!
If you see Ethan, please do congratulate him – he deserves it.
Ms Ireland says “It was a win for him, EGS, our community and the LGBTQ+ community. One very proud teacher right here!”
courage – determination – talent
To listen to his speech:
Work Works Training Solutions are launching the Holiday Activity and Food Programme in Enfield this Easter at Venue: Enfield Grammar Lower School Parsonage Ln, Enfield EN1 3SS
They are super exited to give your children (families on benefit related Free School Meals) the opportunity to attend our HAF Programme through the Easter Holiday period.
The booking link is attached in the flyer – parents can either scan the QR code or click ‘BOOK NOW’.
The HAF Programme is always full of fun filled activities, offering sport and many enriching activities including Art, IT and Nutritional Education.
Ramadan is a very important time in the Islamic calendar, and Muslims all over the world will take part. This year Ramadan starts this evening (22nd March) and lasts until the evening of 21 April.
Our library has a display area (in the photo) featuring interesting information about Ramadan where the students can come to find out and understand more about this religious time in the Muslim calendar.
During the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast – they won’t eat or drink between dawn and sunset. Fasting is important during Ramadan as it allows Muslims to devote themselves to their faith and come closer to Allah, or God. Fasting is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, which form the basis of how Muslims live their lives. The other pillars are faith, prayer, charity and making the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
Ramadan is also a time for spiritual reflection, prayer, doing good deeds and spending time with family and friends. Normally, people will make a special effort to connect with their communities and reach out to people who need help.
It is common to have a meal (known as the suhoor) just before dawn and another (known as the iftar) directly after sunset. At the end of the fast – when the sun has gone down – usually, families and friends will get together for iftar to break their fast. (although during covid restrictions celebrations will have to be via zoom / within bubbles)
Many Muslims also usually go to the mosque to pray, when lockdown restrictions aren’t in place. Some mosques have been holding virtual services online for people to watch together.
Ramadan falls during this month because this is when the holy book that’s followed by Muslims, called the Qur’an, was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, but the date changes each year. This is because Islam uses the lunar calendar (based on the cycles of the Moon), so it isn’t a fixed date in the Western/solar calendar.
There is a special festival to mark the end of Ramadan when they will feast and celebrate! This is called Eid al-Fitr – the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast. It begins when the first sight of the new moon is seen in the sky. Muslims will not only celebrate the end of fasting, but will also thank Allah for the help and strength that they were given throughout the previous month.
