On Friday 10^th November Etone College observed Remembrance, as we paid our respect to those who have stood for our rights and protected us from dangers. Each year it is a sombre moment as pupils around the school, along with staff share in the two minute silence as tribute to those we have lost.

As part of the build up to the day our pupils were able to be part of form time activities and attend a Remembrance assembly which underlined the need for us to remember the sacrifice made for our own liberty. As part of these events pupils were encouraged to link our Fundamental British Values and Etone Values such as caring and being supportive.

During the day itself at 11am all pupils observed the two minute silence followed by the last post. During this time our cadets were taking part in two simultaneous parades of remembrance. The first, our Trust-wide parade featuring representatives and Headteachers from each school in the trust. Whilst we were proud of all cadets, we were especially proud of Etone cadets who were immaculate in their appearance and support.

During the second parade our pupils at Etone took part in a parade as they laid a wreath in support of the event. Our pupils have been focusing on practicing to represent Etone and the CCF at the Nuneaton Parade as well. Be sure to support them.

On Monday 13th November we are hosting our next Brew Monday event for pupils to come and have a catch up with their peers, staff and friends.

As part of our strategy to encourage positive mental health these events happen regularly and enable pupils to focus on the little things, keeping a healthy mind set.

Year 11/13 Why not try our Well-being Wednesdays where you can access general exam support, revision strategies and mindfulness techniques.

As many celebrate Diwali up and down the country, at Etone College we are celebrating as well with details shared in our Learning for Life and assemblies this week along with linking up to Monday 13^th November’s World Kindness Day.

As part of the celebration we are looking forward to our special Diwali menu at lunch time to enable all to enjoy the delicacies across different cultures.

On Monday 13^th November we are celebrating World Kindness Day by encouraging our pupils to take part in ‘Random Acts of Kindness’. This links well to our Etone Values of caring and being supportive as we look to support the other big initiative of the week – Anti Bullying Week. 

For staff we have also provided some sweet treats at breaktime to show our appreciation and kindness to all.

Monday 13^th November marks Anti-Bullying week, at Etone we are ‘Making a Noise’ to support the Anti Bullying Alliances initiatives. As part of the ‘Make a Noise’ theme pupils will have the opportunity to take part in form time activities including:

• Design a sock – Pupils can design Odd Socks that ‘stand out’ to support their peers Template
• Anti-Bullying Poem – Write a poem that shares the values of the Anti-Bullying Alliance Template
• Make a Noise – Make a resolution to how you are going to show your support Template

Across the week there will be assemblies and activities in lessons that support the ABA initiative along with the link to our Children in Need fund raising events on Friday 17^th November: https://www.etonecollege.co.uk/assembly-and-children-in-need/

Then on Monday we are asking pupils to wear Odd Socks to show their support. This event is not a fundraising event and it is expected that the rest of pupils uniforms follow the policy.

We look forward to seeing some funky designs.

We are thrilled to be celebrating our Career Ambassadors today who achieved their Silver Careers certificate this week. 

Our ambassadors span across the school from all year groups, taking part in training to help their peers by providing support and information on where to access our careers program.

A big well done and shout out to them!

Each year we show our support for National Anti-Bullying week with our Theme of the Week and assemblies reflecting on the need for our Etone Values. As a community we are especially proud of how supportive our pupils and staff are of each other. Across all of our initiatives our six values are a large part of the operation.

On Monday 20^th November we are once again hosting our Odd Socks event to stand up against all bullies and show support across the country. We would like to invite you to wear odd socks on this day and come to the hall after school for our traditional Etone Photo Opportunity.

As part of our support and awareness for World Mental Health Day students took part in activities all week during break time.  The students put all Etone’s Top Tips into action and fun was had by all. Etone College’s 5 Top Tips are – Connect, Take Notice, Get Active, Keep Learning and Give. 

Students had the opportunity to learn something new, take notice and connect with others while working together making Twiddlemitts and colouring positive affirmation postcards. Our Wellbeing Ambassadors will be giving these to the local hospital and local care home. 

Throughout the week Miss West and Miss Goode asked students to give positive affirmations messages for The Success Centre’s Positivitree. The tree is part of many resources that can be found in the Success Centre to help students take notice of their own mental health. 

Friday breaktime, students also attended Mrs Price’s weekly just dance where they got active dancing during breaktime. Just dance is a popular breaktime activity and always well attended. 

It has been a fabulous week raising awareness for World Mental Health Day and we would like to thank all the students that gave their breaktimes to support the activities. 

The Mental Health Team!

Introducing our brand new House Mascots! Over the short break our media team have been busy developing our updated House Logos. We have to say we are very impressed by the results. It doesn’t matter if you’re a fire breather like Dragon, fire bird like Phoenix, galloping along like Centaur or soaring like Griffin, whichever house you belong to it make it hard not to have pride with logos such as these.

Let the games begin…

On Friday 10th November we will be paying our respects as a school as part of the Remembrance Day tributes.

On this day the school will observe a minutes silence as our Cadets attend the Matrix Trusts’ annual parade at Turves Green Boys School.

In the run up poppies will be sold in registration and break time to raise money for the British Legion.

Then at lunchtime our pupils will get the chance to taste our special ration-inspired menu. Giving them the opportunity to see the kinds of food our troops would eat during the war.