Exeter School is proud to host an exhibition of work by pupils of the WESC Foundation, the Specialist Centre for the Visually Impaired, for the third year running.
Sensational 2014, an exhibition of sensory artwork, will be held in Exeter School's new Art Department gallery from Monday 16 June until Friday 20 June.
John Mason, Head of Art, said: "This is always a special event as it is both humbling and inspiring to see the work of these children."
Irena Boobyer, WESC Foundation Art teacher, said the collaboration between the two schools is a welcome opportunity to...
An Exeter School pupil has won a place on a sought after Salters' Chemistry Camp.
Middle Fifth (Year 10) pupil, Rachel Broderick, has been selected to take part in the camp held at the University of Sussex this summer.
Head of Chemistry, Zoe Jarvis, said these places were very popular and Rachel had to complete a compelling application giving her reasons for wanting to take part in the camp. Rachel will spend several days in the labs, taking part in practical projects, using a range of undergraduate equipment and working with university postgrads and teachers.
Two Exeter School pupils are runners up in a national competition organised by the Oxford German Network.
Upper Fifth Formers (Year 11) pupils Rebecca Richardson and Abby Pelling took part in the German For The Future competition, part of the Oxford German Olympiad 2014, during their GCSE exams.
They had to fill in a two-page survey in German answering questions about what primary school children should learn about in their German lessons and why; which Bruder Grimm fairy tales they would recommend be told to children and why; and which German speaking town or area would be...
On Wednesday afternoon, five members of the Junior School Choir were invited to Jack Simpson House in Heavitree to take part in a recording for Radio 4's You and Yours programme, currently scheduled to be broadcast on Friday 20 June.
The children sang several songs and were interviewed by the presenter Carolyn Atkinson both individually and while chatting to the residents.
The programme will concentrate on how the charity' Kissing It Better' brings the wider community in to the home, engaging the residents with conversation and music.
An Exeter School former pupil has won the prestigious Target Jobs Construction Engineering and Design Undergraduate of the Year Award 2014.
2010 leaver Brittany Harris, who is studying Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol, was presented with the award by Sir Trevor McDonald OBE at a ceremony in Canary Wharf, London last week.
She wins an international summer work placement and will spend three months with Laing O'Rourke in Hong Kong, before returning to university for her final year.
Brittany is vice president of EWB (Engineers Without Borders) Bristol and...
A team of Exeter Junior School pupils has beaten off strong competition from pupils much older than themselves in a mind boggling competition. Team Omega, made up of Tom Harris-Deans, Bertie Hawkins and James Waddington, took part in the Alan Turing Cryptography Competition aimed at secondary school children up to year 11. Now in its third year, the Alan Turing Cryptography Competition is organised by the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester and celebrates the life of acclaimed mathematician Alan Turing, perhaps best known for his work breaking German codes during World...
Exeter School pupils have certainly made the most of their Easter holidays with six representing their country in sport from water polo to rounders.
Year 11 Ben Green is representing England U17s in cricket and is currently on tour in Sri Lanka. Ben has had good success in the one-day series and has previously just been selected for the three-day game which began on 24 April. At the end of the one-day series, he was the leading wicket taker on tour and the fourth highest run scorer.
Year 9 pupils Harriet Milner and Olivia Ziegler-Evans are part of the U14 England Rounders...
For the 13th year running, Exeter School musicians and singers will be performing a special charity concert next week to raise funds for international charity WaterAid. The concert will take place on Wednesday 7 May, at St David's Church in Exeter, at 7.30 pm.
Proceeds from this concert will go directly to WaterAid's projects in Zambia, where the funds will help some of the country's poorest communities gain access to clean water and safe sanitation.
The school's Chamber and Symphony orchestras will perform Bizet’s popular Carmen Suite, and parts of Schubert’s String...
Never before has Exeter School played rugby in April but after the appalling winter the U16 and U15 Devon Cup Finals were played on Wednesday (2 April) at Topsham Rugby Club.
Although it was Exeter School's hockey term, the teams trained for a fortnight leading up to the final and soon honed their rugby skills and fitness.
On the night, the U15 faced a formidable Coombeshead team to whom they had lost in the semi-finals last year. The game started at high tempo and it was clear to see it would be an extremely physical encounter.
An Exeter School pupil has been supporting the Honiton Memory Café in their efforts to fundraise and build awareness around dementia and Alzheimer's.
Sixth Former Richard Baker has been supporting the Honiton Memory Café because he enjoys helping others. He has attended some of the social events that the Memory Café runs for carers and their cared-for and is helping to publicise a charity art auction that is taking place at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) on Friday 25 April to raise funds.
Richard said: "It has been good to help the charity and to understand more about...
