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All Ellesmere College Pupils go on 3 days of Expeditions
Immediately before half-term each year, all Ellesmere College pupils spend three days on expeditions. This year, on Wednesday 21st , whilst the majority of Senior pupils travelled in all directions from the School to begin three days of discovery and adventure, some pupils have remained on site to participate in a variety of activities.Expeditions have ranged from Sixth Form pupils working towards their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award paddling a Canadian canoe and camping from Welshpool to...
26th October, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College Tennis Academy Players Reach Aegon League Regional Finals.
The Year 8 and Year 10 Girls' Tennis Teams at Ellesmere College are celebrating having qualified for the Regional Finals of the Aegon League, following 6 successful County rounds and 2 Midlands Regional knock-out rounds. They will be travelling to Nottingham Tennis Centre for the Regional Finals on 16th and 17th November. Jo Bowen, Hannah Clarke, Kate Norman and Emily Sutcliffe are the winning Year 10 Girls' Team. They will be travelling to Nottingham with Chloe Hughes, Catriona Jones,...
22nd October, 2009 - read more >
Two New Shooting Coaches Join Ellesmere College Shooting Club
The Ellesmere College Shooting Club has recently seen the arrival of two new coaches. David Gregory, who is an active member of Crewe Rifle and Pistol Club and Tom Rylands who currently shoots for Cheshire and England and is also a member of the Great Britain Squad preparing for the World Long Range Championships in 2011. David Gregory recently retired from Michelin Tyre Co, started shooting when he, himself, was at school. Whilst at Highgate School, he struggled at other sports but shone...
21st October, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College Cricket Scholar Receives Regional Award
A talented young cricketer from the Ellesmere College Cricket Academy has recently been named North East Wales Young Player of the Year. Dewi Jones, who joined the School in Year 10 as a day boy, was previously a pupil of Ysgol Morgan Llwyd School in Wrexham. Whilst continuing to play for Brymbo Cricket Club, he also is an Ellesmere College Cricket Academy Scholar. As a successful batsman, with a high score of 63, Dewi represents North East Wales at county level and Wales at national level....
20th October, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere Sixth Form Pupil Excels at RAF Leadership Course
An Ellesmere College Sixth Form pupil was delighted recently to learn that he had been assessed to have excelled during the RAF Air Cadet Leadership Course that he had participated in during the summer holidays. Held at RAF Brize Norton, for the 60 Sixth Form pupils in the UK who have been awarded RAF Sixth Form Scholarships, the Air Cadet Leadership course is run annually by experienced Regular officers and Senior NCOs. The course focuses on all the aspects of leadership and throughout the...
16th October, 2009 - read more >
Year 7 pupils at Ellesmere College make a Pilgrimage to Hereford Cathedral.
Towards the end of the Summer Term Year 7 pupils made a pilgrimage to Hereford Cathedral with the School's Chaplain, Father David Slim and six members of the teaching staff. As a Woodard Corporation School, Ellesmere College was invited to send representatives to connect with other schools within the group, to learn about the significance of the cathedral to Christian life as well as to witness and experience the Eucharist in an exciting way. A previous pilgrimage to Lichfield Cathedral by...
8th October, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College Lower School Harvest Festival
The Ellesmere College Chapel is looking particularly beautiful this week as the School holds its annual Harvest Festival services for both Senior and Lower School. The Chaplain, Father David Slim, addressed the Lower School congregation this morning, amidst a riot of colourful produce and flowers, reminding staff and students of the need to be thankful. He also encouraged them to show their gratitude to God for his goodness to them by "making a change with their change". As...
8th October, 2009 - read more >
Titans Make Waves at National Swimming League Gala
Last Saturday 3rd October Ellesmere College Titans competed in Round One of the National Swimming League With a team of just 27 swimmers, many having to swim up a full two age groups and compete in up to 8 events, the Titans arrived at the Leigh Sports Village complex near Wigan ready to do battle. Having moved up a division last year the Titans were facing clubs from all over the North of England. By the end of the evening they had swum their way into overall second position just a...
7th October, 2009 - read more >
Australian Trainee Teacher Joins Academic Team for Placement at Ellesmere College
As part of a programme of international internships at an Australian University, Ellesmere College Year 5 pupils are enjoying the additional support of a trainee teacher from across the world. Teresa Ellison, from the Gold Coast, Australia, is currently in her 4th and final year at Griffith University, Parklands, Queensland. Mindful that she needed to complete a period of teacher training before she could graduate, Teresa was delighted to learn that she should apply for a travel bursary to...
7th October, 2009 - read more >
Titans Coach Awarded Place on the Amateur Swimming Association Advanced Coaching Programme
With only 80 places nationally available and just 10 places in the West Midlands, an Ellesmere College Titans Coach has been awarded a place on the new Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) Advanced Coaching Programme. Competing against hundreds of the UK’s top coaches, the Ellesmere College Titans Senior Coach, Jon Pardoe, has become part of an ambitious new coaching programme developed by the ASA Coaching Systems and Talent Development teams. In the words of the ASA ‘The programme...
6th October, 2009 - read more >
