Welcome to Reception’s very first phonics adventure! We’ve had an action-packed week learning our first four sounds (s, a, t, and p) through hands-on activities across the classroom.
What a fantastic first week for Stars class! We have had so much fun meeting out new friends and teachers while exploring our new classroom.
What an incredible, action-packed start to school! Rockets class has had a busy first week painting vibrant pictures, making colourful collages, drawing, and exploring early maths with the Numberblocks.
Last week, the children in Year 6 at EPS put on a fantastic production of Aladdin (A-Lad-in Trouble)!
On Thursday 18th June at the Whitehorse Manor Junior School Hall, 16 nervous, excited finalists took to the stage for annual Year 3 Spelling Bee at the Trust.
Our schools and pupils have coped very well with the recent hot weather, which looks set to continue for the rest of this week.
On the Thursday before half term, teams of Year 5 children from EPS and Cypress Upper entered the annual Royal Russell Maths Challenge, Pitting their wits against around twenty other schools from all over London, they took part in various problem-solving and arithmetic challenges to earn points and try to bring the trophy home.
This week marks our Trust wide ‘Science Week’. The theme for this year is ‘Curiosity’ which we have been exploring in different ways.
Our school community came together over for food, music and fun at our Multicultural Day organised by our Ecclesbourne PTFA.
On Wednesday, the children in Year 6 headed off to to Chessington World of Adventures.
To celebrate the end of the SATs exams, last Friday, the children in Year 6 headed out to the park for a well-earned morning of fun!
Over the past few weeks, our school council have been thinking about ways they can improve lunchtime play.
The children in Year 4, 5 & 6 all took part in water safety workshops with the RNLI this week.
On Monday 4th May 2026, it was International Firefighters’ Day. To celebrate this day, Reception were lucky enough to have a workshop with FOBBS (Figures of Black British Society) founder, Kayleigh Oliver.
This week, Ecclesbourne celebrated World Maths Day in style! The children’s costumes for the maths mufti were amazing and incredibly creative (please take a look at the pictures).
