Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been encouraging our French pupils to take part in the Eiffel Tower’s Twitter challenge, to recreate the tower at home as sadly we can’t go and visit it at the moment. We have been astounded and so impressed by our students’ imagination and creativity, and we’ve even had a few retweeted by the Eiffel Tower’s Twitter page for the whole world to see!
Year 7s had great fun over the Easter break creating their own original musical instruments! See for yourself their amazing creations! They had so much fun using their creativity, well done Year 7!
The 8th of May 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day – Victory in
Europe. It is a day that celebrates the acceptance by the Allies of World War
Two of Nazi Germany’s surrender of its armed forces. People celebrated by holding street parties and danced and sang in the streets all night. Now although we could not celebrate in the same way, we were determined to make it one to remember!
As a result, The Etone History and Food department decided to work together to encourage our pupils to get involved in socially distanced street parties or for them to further their historical knowledge and understanding. Pupils were given a variety of tasks to choose from, from watching to reading to baking!
Our Key Stage 3 pupils amazed us with their dedication to their studies by
completing at least one of our tasks. We received images of traditional and wartime recipes that had been recreated, knowledge quizzes based on the war with a mark scheme, and news reports they had produced based on real footage they had watched from VE day! Here is a selection of some of the impressive and creative pieces that have been produced.
We may not be able to celebrate how we had planned but Etone College will be celebrating 75 years of VE day.
Please join us and send in pictures to postbox@etonecollege.co.uk on how you celebrated VE day.
 | What is VE Day? - CBBC Newsround By the beginning of 1945, the German army had been weakened and defeat looked likely. Tuesday 8 May, 1945, was an emotional day that millions of people had been waiting for. |
The BBC and the government have put together daily lessons for children across the UK. If you have finished the work we have set or you fancy something different, take a look.
Oak National Academy
I’m very pleased to welcome Oak National Academy, a new online classroom and resource hub, which has launched to support teachers until schools re-open. The online classroom will provide free lessons and resources for pupils from reception through to year 10. All resources, lessons and more information can be accessed here.
As part of a collective response to the crisis, 40 teachers will be producing over 180 free online lessons each week, which will cover a range of subjects from English and maths to arts and languages.
BBC Bitesize
This week the BBC is launching its own education package as part of their Charter across TV and online – helping to keep children learning and supporting parents. You can find more information about this here.
The key difference between the BBC offer and the Oak National Academy is that the Academy is a planned and sequenced series of lessons for schools and trusts to use as part of their planned curriculum offer. Whereas the BBC offer is aimed more at parents and pupils.
Please note that we are not responsible for any of this content. If there are any technical issues, please contact the BBC or Oak Academy directly. We have found that the Oak Academy videos work best on Internet Explorer (the sound doesn't always work on Chrome, but we are sure they will be ironing out these teething issues moving forward).
Starting Monday 23rd March Joe Wicks The Body Coach is going to be hosting a free workout aimed at kids LIVE on his YouTube channel.
With the schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it's more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive. Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised, and more optimistic.
The workouts will be fun and suitable for all ages and even adults can get involved. You don't need any equipment, just tune in on YouTube at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
Etone College is seeking to appoint a Parent Governor to be a member of the Governance Advisory Board. A Governance Advisory Board is vital to a school’s success. Our Governors have an important role to fulfil that directly affects the education and wellbeing of children and improves standards throughout school.
You will:
If you are interested in joining a hard-working Governance Advisory Board then please submit a letter of interest by Friday 27th March 2020 to mthomason@matrixacademytrust.co.uk
An amazing 81 entries from Etone College have been selected to be published in this year’s Young Writers ‘Through Their Eyes’ anthology! Well done to all those who entered.
Local business? We need your HELP!
Our Year 10 pupils have the opportunity to experience the world of work from Monday 6th July to Friday 17th July 2020 to support their aspirations for their future careers. We are currently looking for companies who would be willing to offer placements to allow pupils hands-on experience of the workplace.
If you are able to offer a placement or indeed would like to come and give an aspirational talk to pupils about your chosen career, please contact Natalie Waite on 02476 757300 or email careers@etonecollege.co.uk
Jaguar Land Rover currently has exclusive work experience opportunities for 14-18-year-olds located at 7 different locations in the West Midlands.
The opportunities are based near Solihull, Castle Bromwich, Halewood, Whitley, Gaydon and Wolverhampton. Applications will close on the 28th of February 2020 and placements will commence between June and July 2020.
Using the link below you can learn more and get your students to apply for this exclusive opportunity: https://www.springpod.co.uk/jaguar-land-rover-work-experience-2020/
Springpod is free for schools and students. Students can apply directly to this and work experience opportunities from Atkins, BBC, BMW, Airbus, BAE Systems, Deloitte, Boots, Royal Air Force, Rolls Royce EY and more.
To find out more visit our website:https://www.springpod.co.uk/ schools-colleges/
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