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The black clouds continue to gather and it feels more like October than late July. All very strange indeed. The school year ends today; another twelve months has raced by and everyone at EWS needs a holiday! It has been another massively successful year for the school and we hope that we've given the world a glimpse of our successes on these pages.
As always at this time, we are saying goodbye to many friends, but a special mention this year goes to Mr Harding and Mrs Burden, who are both retiring after many, many years of service. They have taught thousands of pupils over the years, all of whom will have benefited from their excellent knowledge, compassion and good humour. We wish them both a long an happy retirement.
So let's hope that summer will finally arrive in the next few days. We wish all our pupils and staff an excellent holiday. Relax, sleep and, most importantly of all, have fun!
School starts again for pupils on Wednesday 5th of September. But that is weeks and weeks away.
That was 2006/07.
And now it is over.
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Charity Day took place yesterday in some very welcome summer sunshine. The event raised over £1200 for a children's charity working in Rwanda. You can look at some photographs here. |
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The garden competition came to a close last week with a final visit from the team from Danone to judge our pupil's gardens. For a report and photos click here. |
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Last week some of our girls went on an exciting trip to Germany with the Goethe Institute. For full details and some photographs follow this link. |
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The final edition of the Head's Newsletter for this year went home with pupils today. You can get an electronic copy by following this handy link. |
17.7.07
Sports Day 2007 is brought to a early finish, the first that anyone can remember, by an almighty rain storm. Results will be announced tomorrow but in the meantime here are some photographs taken before the skies opened. |
16.7.07
Year 7 went on the annual trip to Canterbury today. Organised by the RE, English and Performing Arts Departments, the girls vistited the historic town, the wonderful cathedral and the smelly Canterbury Tales Experience museum. There are a few photos here |
14.7.07
We have added photographs to our Flickr site of the recent trip to Hindleap Warren and also of yesterday's MFL trip to Boulogne. More photos of the coming week's events will be posted as soon as these events have happened! |
12.7.07
The final performance of "Day and Night" took place at the Watermans Theatre yesterday. It was magnificent. For a final word on the show please click here. |
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Year 10 students and staff from our Art Department have recently been working with the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons on a project “A Visible Difference: skin, race and identity 1720 – 1820”.
This opportunity arose through links developed as part of our Science and Mathematics Specialist status and has resulted in some very exciting and innovative artwork.
You can see examples of our students’ final pieces here:
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Some quick news updates:
The Geography Department are running their annual field study visits to the River Chess this week; dodging the showers and gathering lots of useful data for coursework.
The latest edition of the Head's Newsletter can be downloaded here.
In response to requests from pupils, and ahead of the performance of "Day and Night" at the Watermans Theatre on the 11th of July, a PDf copy of the show programme is available here.
There has been very visible progress on the new PE / Performing Arts block; some of the steel is now in place and the sheer size of the building is evident. Some new photos here.
Advance warning - School will close at 2.30 on Friday 6th of July. |
Last night saw a wonderful dance show at the school. A vast range of dance styles were on show, representing the hugely diverse nature of our school. Most of the choreography had been devised by the girls themselves with help and guidance from our sixth formers. Thanks also to Miss Curley and Miss Vanstone for getting everything organised.
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20.6.07 (just . . 11.58pm)
Tonight was a very special night indeed. For the cast, the crew and the writers of "Day and Night", all the hard work paid off spectacularly: all our expectations were exceeded. If you weren't there then you missed a treat.
Here are some better photos of the show in performance. |
19.6.07
Somewhat of a delay in reporting the EWS news of late due to heavy involvement of the Performing Arts Department's show "Day and Night". The show was performed for local primary school children today and it gets its official world premiere tomorrow night. There are only very few tickets left for the school performances and those for the performance at The Waterman's Theatre, Brentford are selling fast.
Here are some photos of the show in performance today. Some better ones to follow soon. |
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Our AS / AS Drama students presented their exam performances to an outside examiner last night. It was a varied and challenging programme and the audience reacted very well. It was also very sweaty indeed in our tiny studio. Hopefully by next year our new studio will be in use! Photos here and you can get a copy of the programme here. |
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Rehearsals for the summer musical "Day and Night" continue apace and now the set is also starting to be built. Exciting times. Remember you can see the world premiere of this show in June. Tickets go on sale after half term. You can see some new rehearsal photos here. |
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There are some photos available here of the recent visit from the Danone team as the Gardening Club develop their various gardens futher.
The first meeting of the "Saturday Club" took place last weekend with a trip to the South Bank of the Thames. There are some photos here.
The latest edition of the Head's Newsletter was published yesterday and you can get your hands on a lovely PDf version by following this link.
And a special hello to ex-EWS Website man, Mr P. Starr who is a regular reader of this page. |
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Last Monday saw a change to the usual curriculum as Year 9 pupils visited colleges and universities, Year 8 pupils completed a day's project on recycling and the Science Department took Year 7 to London Zoo. There are some Zoo pictures to see here. |
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A busy few weeks have passed, culminating in Year 11's final day of compulsory education today! A couple of updates for you: the Gardening Club continue their beautification of the school grounds with some tree planting; and we were recently visited by the German Ambassador and Europe Mininster Geoff Hoon.
Also, the new PE/Performing Arts block is underway. Photos to follow soon. |
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The weather continues to be very pleasant and the atmosphere at EWS is one of hard-working determination. Students who are preparing for exams (and there is a lot of them) don't seem to showing the strain (although some of their teachers certainly are) but there is an unmistakable atmosphere of anticipation as these exams get ever-closer. We assure all our pupils that their hard work now will certainly bring rewards when the results are published.
In other news, the School has been awarded Training School status, a real acolade and one that you will be hearing a lot more about in future weeks.
Also, the building work on our much anticpated PE and Performing Arts block is finally about to start. Large pieces of equipment have been delivered and the site is about to be fenced off. Some photos to follow.
There are a few more vacancies for staff and full details can be found here.
More news soon, including the launch of a pupil blog and the build-up to this year's summer production. |
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The Summer Term starts today and everyone seems a little more tanned than they did before the break. Short sleeve blouses and shirts are much in evidence and there is a general feeling of happiness that the summer is on its way. Contrast this with a front page I read on the way to work "Snow by Friday". Oh great.
Exams edge ever closer and there is much to do for students in all years.
Photos to follow from the Geography Department's trip to Iceland! Apparently they had a fantastic time. I'm not surprised. |
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The Spring Term ends today and we disappear for a relaxing holiday. Apart from the Year 11s, 12s, 12s and 9s who have exams to prepare for! Term starts again for pupils on. Have fun! |
29.3.07
Year 12 and 13 English students have been to Statford-Upon-Avon for an overnight stay and the chance to see Sir Ian McKellan in the RSC's "King Lear". What a production it was! In parts horrifc, in parts unbearably sad but all of a quality rarely seen. You can see some photos from the trip here. |
27.3.07
This evening saw our annual Celebration of Achievement celebration. As usual , the school gathered to celebrate excellence across the many subjects and other areas of the school.
The Head gave a summary of another excellent year in the life of EWS and, once again, we were joined by Doctor Wilkinson, great nephew of Ellen Wilkinson.
The guest speaker was the superb Jenni Trent Hughes, author, broadcaster and, frankly inspirational, speaker. Follow this link to her (incorrect!) Wikipedia entry. She presented prizes to nearly one hundred pupils for their excellent contributions to the school. A full list of winners will be published shortly.
Here are some photos! |
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Rehearsals for the Performing Arts Department's summer show "Day and Night" continue apace. You can see some photos here. Remember, the show will receive its world premiere in June. |
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Mrs Dawish has uploaded some work by her A Level Arabic class. Please click here to brush up on your language skills. |
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The Gardening Team visited the Chelsea Physic Garden earlier this week. For a report and some photographs click here. |
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The latest edition of the Head's Newsletter was sent home with pupils today. You can downoad your own copy (in super-friendly Pdf format) here. |
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The Geography Department took half of Year 7 to Kew Gardens yesterday. Despite the bitter cold, our pupils learnt a lot about plants and their environments. There was also time do a survey of life in a pond. |
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Some news from the German Department, featuring pictures from the recent trip to the Goethe Institute, can be read here. |
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Last Friday saw pupils and staff dress up and be very silly in aid of Comic Relief. The various events raised over a thousand pounds for the charity, continuing the EWS tradition of helping good causes. You can see some pictures here. |
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One of our students was chosen by the charity Envision to go to Downing Street on Monday to meet the Prime Minister and Chancellor to discuss environmental issues. We can't name her because of our data protection policy but anyone who knows her will understand that Blair and Brown were given a real grilling! She also made it to the Ten O Clock News, Newsround and Newsnight. Here are some pictures. |
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Pictures from the recent English Department trip to Haworth are available on our new photo service. For more details of the service please click here. |
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A reminder that Year 9 Options evening is from 6.30 - 8.30 in the school hall. It is open to all Year 9s and their parents and will be an invaluble source of information to help pupils choose their GCSE option subjects. |
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The Performing Arts Department returned from their trip to Prague yesterday. A marvelous time was had by all and many photos can be seen by clicking here. Please note, these photos are held on the photo sharing website Flickr. For full details of the ongoing EWS experiment with this service click here. |
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The school announced vacancies today for a Head of History, Head of PE, Teacher of Psychology and an Administrative assistant. Full details and application materials available here. |
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The English Department took all of Year 8 to a production of Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe today. You can see some pictures here. |
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The school announced vacancies today for a Head of Science, Teacher of Science, Second in English, Second in Maths and a Teacher of Maths. Details and application materials available here. |
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The Web Site takes another step forward today as we proudly announce that our wonderful, full-colour Head's Newsletter is now available to download in convenient PDf format. Previously, it was published in MS Publisher format, creating a massive file size. PDf is a smaller file and can be opened on almost any computer in the world. The latest edition is available here. |
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EWS features on a recently published version of the famous London Underground map celebrating achievement in the capital. Find us on the Central Line, next to Cardinal Wiseman. It is all a bit odd really! See the map here. |
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School returns after the half term break for our annual Pupil Review Day. The normal school timetable resumes tomorrow. A small housekeeping note: updated links to the school's exam results are available here. |
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There was something of a technological step forward today as members of EWS staff undertook training in order to learn how to upload materials directly on to the school web site. It is early days, but you can look at the progress made in Media, Technology, History , Psychology and English. |
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Two forthcoming changes to the usual school day. On there will be school for pupils due to a teachers' training day. On the first Monday back after half term, , pupils will be required to attend only a scheduled meeting with their form tutor. Full details of this appointment were sent home with pupils last week. |
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The school reopens today after yesterday's snow-enforced closure but with a later opening time of . Apologies for any inconvenience caused. |
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The Gardening Club continue their mission to make the school a cleaner, greener place to be with another visit from the team from Danone. Full details and some pictures available here. |
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There is currently a vacancy for an SMSA. Full details here. |
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THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW. IT WILL OPEN IS PLANNED TOMORROW. ENJOY YOURSELVES. |
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Hello again. Please excuse the near-month hiatus in web-based activities; techical issues have been a problem and we have been unable to add to the site in some time.
But we are back. And there is a fair amount of catching up to do.
There is currently a job vacancy at EWS for a Subject Leader in Physics. Full details here.
Many trips have gone out already in 2007 including the English Department's jaunt to Hardy's Wessex (Dorset to the non-literary amongst us); Drama's visit to the Lyric in Hammersmith to see the sublime Cymbeline; Media Studies visits to the Ealing CLC for digital imaging work . . . and so on. We have lots of pictures on out memory stick that we will upload very soon.
A new edition of the Head's Newsletter was published recently and you can get your copy here.
The Science Department held an open evening for Year 7 and their parents and A2 Drama students performed their own devised work in front of a packed Drama Studio.
We have also updated the "Dates for Your Diary" page.
Lots and lots going on. We will continue reporting the EWS News as often as we can.
Thanks for your patience.
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Happy New Year! EWS returns for another busy term with lots to look forward to. Please check the News page regularly for all the latest goings-on. |
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The end of the long winter term finally arrives and all of us at EWS are in need of a really good sit down in front of the TV. And a long sleep. And maybe a mince pie or two. As I write the tradtional Year 12 pantomime is entertaining an audience of very excitable girls in the hall, the canteen are preparing lunch and one or two teachers have been seen snoozing in the staffroom. During their free periods, naturally. Ah, the end of term. We love the end of term.
We are also preparing to bid fond farewell to Mrs Rippeth of the English Department, Miss De Bono of the RE Department and Mr. Meshkat of the Science Department. We wish them all the very best for the future.
So let's celebrate the arrival of a relaxing holiday. If you are celebrating Christmas then have a great one with your family and friends or if you are just putting your feet up then have a great time too!
Let's hope for good things in 2007. May it bring health, happiness and some much needed peace.
All the best,
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The school announced a vacancy for a Art and Design Technology Technician today. For full details and application materials please click here. |
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A festive copy of the Head's Newsletter was sent home with pupils today. For your very own, full colour electronic version please click here. |
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On Tuesday of this week the Performing Arts Department presented its first ever Christmas Concert to a packed school hall. Directed by Music teachers Miss Beaumont and Miss Toms, the programme featured an eclectic mix of musical styles, instruments and choirs. It was a great night and pictures can be found by clicking here. |
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Last week saw the second visit of the team from Danone to help with the ongoing gardening project. A report and some photos can be found by clicking here. |
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On a cold but bright winter's morning, all our KS3 pupils take part in the annual inter-form cross country competition. Photos and alist of the winners available soon (once the PE staff's fingers have thawed). |
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A new edition of the Head's Newsletter was published recently. You can get your full-colour version by simply following this handy link. |
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Auditions were held last week for this year's Summer
Musical. We had over 200 pupils at the audition and after much deliberation
we have arrived at a cast of 60. This is a brand new show, written
by members of the Performing Arts Department, and we will keep you
updated on progress as rehersals get under way. |
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Earlier this week, a team from Danone came to school to help with the gardening project. For a report and some pictures please click here. |
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Year 12 and 13 English Language students spent the day at the British Library where they studied some ancient texts and were praised by the staff for being rather wonderful. There is a great British Library study site here. |
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Details are now online for a vacancy for an ICT technician. Please click here. |
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The annual Year 8 Perfoming Arts Competition was held over the past two days. For details and pictures please click here. |
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The October edition of the Head's newsletter is available for download here. Sorry for the delay. |
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Our Latin students have gone on a trip to the Roman city of Bath today. Photos here. |
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Last Friday Ms Barnas took our award-winning group of gardeners to the Wetlands Centre in Barnes for a day of conservation study. You can read her report and see some photos here. |
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You can see some 3D models of our new Gym and Performing Arts facilities by clicking here. |
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The school raised money for "Jeans for Genes Day" by paying to wear our jeans to school. A lot of money was raised for this good cause, continuing the EWS tradition of supporting charity. |
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The latest edition of the school newsletter is available to download here. |
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With profuse apologies to the SEN Dept. you can now view the photos from last summer's trip to the adventure centre at Hindleap Warren by clicking here. Sorry we forgot to post them earlier! |
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Photos now online from the recent MFL trip to Boulogne which featured a visit to the Nausicaa, Le Centre National de la Mer, to see penguins, seals and a whole host of fish. Follow this link. |
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Our wonderful school garden has won third prize at the 2006 "Ealing in Bloom" competition. Congratulations to Ms Barnas and her green-fingered team, who have worked so hartd to improve the school environment. The area around the E Block has been transformed. EWS is the first secondary school to enter the competition for many years! |
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The school today announced a vacancy for an Administrative Assistant. Full details and application forms can be found here. |
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A reminder that this year's Prospective Parent's Evening wil be held on October 4th from 6.30pm. |
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This year's GCSE and A2 results are a cause for celebration! 77.4% of our A2 students gained grades between A and C and 76% of our Year 11 pupils gained between an A* and C in their GCSEs. Almost every girl sitting an exam gained at least one pass. Well done to all our girls. |
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Welcome back! School returns after the long summer break. News on the excellent exam results at all levels to follow. Someone told me earlier that the News page should be renamed the "EWS Blog" to fit in with modern vocabulary. Well, we were recording all the news and pictures from our school long before the word "blog" was coined so this page will remain "The News Page". |
