As the end of term approaches, Headmistress Mrs Alison Turner is about to begin the next stage of her life and career in New York City and says farewell to Exeter Junior School.
Headmaster Mr Bob Griffin said Mrs Turner's approach was characterised from the outset by her kindness, her interest in, and respect for, all members of the community and her wish to educate her pupils in the widest sense, instilling in them fundamental Christian values and imbuing them with her tremendous sense of fun
As an ordained Church of England priest, Mrs Turner immediately established...
Exeter Junior School played for the first time in the regional finals of the U11 Kids' Cup Regional Final on Friday 13 March.
After their magnificent achievement of winning the Kids Cup Club Final, hosted by Exeter City FC, in January, the boys had been eagerly awaiting the regional finals in Portsmouth.
Fourteen schools, representing local Sky Bet League Two clubs were divided into two groups of seven. The two winners would then go through to contest a final, with the winner going through to play the winner of the northern sides at Wembley Stadium before the League Two...
Exeter Junior School's public speaking team of three, Year 6 pupils Minnie Conibear, Isobel Rutter and Millie Lofthouse, has won the District Final of the Rotary Club 'Youth Speaks Competition' held last Saturday.
This is as far as junior participants can go so it is a huge achievement.
In addition to winning the overall trophy, Isobel was singled out for the specific prize of 'Best Speaker'.
It was a great day for the girls, Form Tutor Mr Ashman, English Coordinator Mrs Pettet and Exeter Junior School.
The individual feedback from the judges included these...
Exeter Junior School welcomed back 1987 leaver Charlie Alder for World Book Day.
Author and illustrator Charlie, who studied A Level Drama at Exeter School, spent the morning of Thursday 5 March with Year 3 pupils and Junior School librarians sharing her first author illustrated picture book, Daredevil Duck.
During her workshop Charlie showed the children the journey from a doodle to an actual published book. The children were able to look at examples of Charlie’s work at every stage of this journey.
Charlie said the Exeter Junior School pupils were a fabulous...
For the first time, Exeter School’s Choral Society concert features the work of one its very own pupils.
Upper Sixth Former Fionn Connolly, who has recently received an offer to read Music at Cambridge University, composed Ring on Ring inspired by the poetry of Sylvia Plath.
The school community of about 130 pupils alongside parents, staff, alumni and friends of Exeter School, accompanied by a full professional orchestra, will perform Fionn’s piece on Thursday 19 March 2015 in Exeter Cathedral.
Fionn was very influenced by the music of Max Richter, Eric Whitacre and...
Two of Exeter School’s hockey athletes have been selected to attend the National Age Group Academy in Taunton.
Lower Sixth Formers Abby Pelling and Tom Edgington will train with a group of U17 players, alongside local England U18s and U16s.
In addition England Hockey has selected the pair to partake in the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (ASSE) as part of the National Age Group Squad (NAGS).
Hockey performance coach Graham Skinner said this was a fantastic opportunity for young, aspiring talented hockey players to gain an insight into what it takes to...
The co-educational independent school for pupils aged 7-18 is winner of the 2013 Good Schools Guide Award for Excellence for Boys taking AS Level Physics and the 2013 Good Schools Guide Award for Excellence for Girls taking AS Level World Development.
This is the sixth year in a row that Exeter School has received an award for excellence in Science and the fifth award for World Development.
Every year, the Good Schools Guide gives awards to schools to celebrate teaching excellence in individual subjects, basing these awards on WOW Factor calculations which are a combination...
Exeter School Combined Cadet Force had something to celebrate recently, when three of their cadets were awarded Army Scholarships. Katie Olding, Amanda Herring and Alex Newman attended an Army Officer Selection Course at Westbury in Wiltshire, and were among the few chosen to receive an Army Scholarship. This means they will be paid a salary by the Army while at University and go on to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst after completing their university degrees. Katie, Amanda and Alex are all in the Lower Sixth Form at Exeter School and will be taking their AS exams next summer. Major...
Popular science communicator Dr Simon Singh, MBE visited Exeter School on Monday 10 November to give a talk for 700 school children from across Exeter and beyond.
They were fascinated to hear how physics is involved in everything from the Big Bang to The Simpsons. Dr Singh told them how developments in physics have allowed us to understand our universe, as well as develop new technologies which we all rely on, such as smartphones.
They discovered how studying the subject could lead to careers as diverse as creating Hollywood film animations or solving solutions to global...
