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Upper One were treated to an inspiring visit from alumna Emily Peters (2008-2015) as part of their geography topic, farming in Devon. Emily shared her experiences of growing up on a dairy farm and spoke passionately about launching her own business, The Udder Stuff

Her talk highlighted ...the benefits of drinking milk and the wide range of products it can produce. The children were delighted to sample her delicious milkshakes, which were a big hit and sparked lively discussions back in the classroom.

🎃✨Lower Two art club ended their half term by creating these pastel pumpkin pictures. They used a selection of oil pastels to create these autumnal creations and we love how much the colours stand out on the navy background ⭐️

A joyful morning at Littleham Primary in Exmouth🌟 On Field Day, our Community Service pupils loved connecting with younger children — especially during breaktime, where laughter and play brought everyone together.

It was inspiring to see the direct impact of our fundraising for ...Wooden Spoon Charity in action, and the reflections our students have written since show just how meaningful the visit was. Thank you to David from Wooden Spoon, Jo and the Littleham team for such a warm welcome! 📸✨

We were delighted to hold our Upper Sixth interview scheme at Ashford's on Saturday. Ashford’s are a big supporter of the local community, and we are very appreciative for the use of their legal offices to hold this event in such a professional environment.

We were fortunate to ...have to been joined by professionals from a range of roles within our school community, some of whom had children who have come through the school, some current parents, and some alumni of the school. We thank them for giving their time so generously.

On Saturday, science staff and pupils enthused and educated hundreds of primary school aged children with a variety of hands-on experiments and activities at ‘Super Science Saturday’, part of the @sidmouthscience festival.

Our chosen theme of colour and light allowed visiting children... to test the pH of different household substances using colourful indicators, play games whilst wearing goggles that turn the world upside down and mix coloured light to make white light, amongst many other activities. Our pupils were great ambassadors for the school and showed their enthusiasm and knowledge of biology, chemistry and physics.

Fancy playing chess? Last weekend, some of our junior school pupils were at @churstongrammar for the Riviera Chess Tournament.

Edward placed third in the U10 event and received a trophy. It was a learning experience for Reuben in his first event: getting used to competition rules, reading ...a pairing board and using a digital clock but his attitude was excellent. Rafe improved his score from the last event he played. Vincent and Tobias were among the youngest in their event and enjoyed some good games.

We would love to have enough players entered to have teams in the different age groups at the next event, the Devon Championships on 29 November, so do let us know if you'd like to represent Exeter School!

Throwback to this time last week when Tilly in U1 (Y4) took Bel under her wing showing her the ropes as she completed her first triathlon, the Torbay Triathlon.

Tilly's brothers, George (who came first in his event) and Henry, also proudly represented Exeter School along with quite a ...few others. If you made your way onto the podium for your events, or have any photos of you taking part, why not share your pictures in the comments so you can inspire others to take on the challenge? We'd love to see them 😊📷

#sportivaevents #torbaytriathlon #devontriathlon #triathlonevents #exschsports

Alumnus Steve Dukes (1992-1997), CEO of Confused.com, returned to school this week to give an assembly. He advised pupils about aspiring to reach their goals, using negatives to fuel your journey. He said, 'when you’re at school, being called names like ‘odd, weird and awkward’ can often... mean something completely different in adult life - these words become ‘creative, unusual and innovative’.

His top advice was to become like a sponge, find what learning method works best for you, learn fast and act on it. Great advice Steve - thanks so much for visiting us!

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Sneak peek at our Swunk band rehearsing for their Field Day workshop at St. David's Primary School in Exeter this afternoon 🎷🎼

While it was hard to get a good photo of our sixth form linguists attending an online conference on Wednesday, pupil Sophia's feedback was that "it was really good to see how linguistics goes into so many areas and how some things seemingly unrelated (so far away from linguistics) can ...have a big/strong connection with linguistics."

They were treated to four diverse talks, ranging from how AI can help us learn foreign languages, how forensic linguistics can help compare different texts and ascertain if the same person wrote both texts (helpful in identifying and profiling criminals), how idioms are processed in our brains and used in social discourse, and how dormant languages can be reclaimed. The talks were 25 minutes each with a Q&A afterwards. As well as being informative, these talks allowed pupils to see what a course of study or a career in linguistics might look like. Many thanks to @oxfordhighschoolgdst for running the event.

We love this quote emailed from one of our visitors to our most recent open day. If you didn't get the chance to visit, please get in touch with our admissions team to arrange a personal tour that suits you.

Scholarships are also available with more information available here - ...https://www.exeterschool.org.uk/admissions/scholarships/ - applications close 14 November.

Our GCSE and A Level art pupils were recently treated to a visit by local architect Thomas Souster and his assistant, Gigi King. The lunchtime session was well attended with pupils picking up tips on how to move forward with any sort of career in interior or exterior design and the importance of ...getting to know more about the Royal Institute of British Architects.

They shared designs, anecdotes from projects they'd worked on and general tips they wished they'd known when starting out in the industry. Gigi also offers a mentoring service in the hope of encouraging pupils to follow in their footsteps so we hope we might hear more from one or two pupils in the room as they are encouraged to follow their dreams. Thanks for visiting Tom and Gigi!