Anti Bullying Week 2025This Year Anti Bullying Week takes place with the theme “Power for Good” which is encouraging using kindness as a strength to build a positive community.

With our recent Community Successes, it is a special time for Etone where pupils get to showcase their Values and their supportive behaviours.

Across the week pupils will be part of a special assembly, highlighting their supportive behaviours and importance of the Anti-Bullying Network as a tool for good. Pupils will also take part in Anti-Bullying activities across the week including the Odd Socks Event and Children in Need events.

With a very busy week ahead we hope you all enjoy Anti-Bullying Week 2025.

On Friday 14th November our Children in Need events go live. This year in support of those children in need and of course their spotty mascot, we have planned a number of activities for pupils in an attempt to raise a small amount for charity.

Our Community Champions have worked tirelessly to ensure that we have some truly special events going on including;
- Exclusive limited edition Children in Need cup cakes (get them whilst they last)
- Guess Pudsey’s Friends name
- Spotty Pop-Up
And more surprises across the day.

Don’t forget to bring your spare change with you.

On Monday 10th November we are supporting Anti-Bullying week on taking part in Odd Socks Day. During this day we invite all pupils to wear odd socks as a show of support for those who have suffered bullying, raise awareness and to underline that standing out is not a problem.

As we share our Etone Values and support each other the event is always received a high profile. So please wear your oddest socks possible and don’t forget to take a picture of them and tag us on your social media’s.

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Day 2

Day 3

Tuesday 4^th November, we had the pleasure of welcoming Emma from CosyCorners to host our first book fair of this academic year. During the day Emma was able to showcase a collection of Usborne books to our pupils for them to purchase or order.

The day was a great success with over £320 of purchases being made so far, earning us over £70 worth of free books for Etone's Library.

Pupils can continue to order up until 4pm on Saturday 8^th November using the attached shopping link.

Many thanks to all parents/carers and pupils who have supported the fair so far. It is greatly appreciated.

Emma has commented on how respectful and polite Etone pupils are and that they are a credit to the School.

A brilliant performance from the girls especially from those stepping up a couple age groups. They showed great potential in the warm up, moving the ball as a team and in units. This then displayed on the pitch going into the first half where we went 6-0 up. 

The girls gave their input on where our strengths were and where we needed to improve which in this case was our wingers, just sometimes recognising to work back more. We then kept our momentum going into the second half, taking every chance we got and continued to work and dominate to the very end of the whistle. 

Big credit to the girls who stepped up to go in goal. A particular shout out from the coaches went to the CB partnership of Maggie and Evie who pulled off some amazing tackles when we were overloaded. 

Great to see the girls enjoying their football”

Goal scorers: 

Star - 5

Caitlin - 1

Holly - 2

Layla - 1

Evie - 2

As part of our ongoing commitment to creating a safe, kind, and inclusive school community, on Tuesday 21^st October we had an Anti-Bullying Pop-Up Stand!

The stand appeared in the Hall at breaktime and student learnt about:

• What bullying is and how to recognise it

• Find out how to report concerns safely and confidentially

• Pick up leaflets and information about getting help

• Share positive messages about friendship, kindness, and respect

Our anti bullying ambassadors were on hand to answer questions, offer advice, and encourage everyone to take a stand against bullying.

We’re proud to be reinforcing the message that “Bullying is never okay” and that every student deserves to feel safe and valued at school.

Last week, Etone College ran its exciting “Don’t Ghost Me” attendance competition, celebrating students who showed fantastic commitment right through to the end of term.

In the spirit of Halloween, the competition encouraged everyone to “stay present” and not disappear like a ghost — and our students certainly rose to the challenge! Throughout the week, we handed out 240 bags of sweets as instant prizes to reward great attendance and punctuality across Year 7-13.

To make things even more exciting, we also gave away a range of amazing prizes, including Amazon vouchers and four Amazon Echo Shows to some of our top attenders.

The competition was a fun and rewarding way to end the term on a high note, reminding everyone that showing up really does pay off. A huge congratulations to all our winners, and well done to every student who attended every single day.

Keep up the great work, Etone — and remember, don’t ‘ghost’ your education because every day you miss, you really do miss out!

As always, we like to shout out about our pupils individual successes both inside and outside of school. This week we would like to shout out about Sophie in Year 11.

Sophie is a keen fisher and has taken part in many community initiatives, supporting others in the local community and from Etone, getting into the sport as a way to relax.

Sophie tool part in the National Fishing Competition on Saturday where she came first, winning the highest weight of her age catagory. 2nd overall all in the whole event out of over 400 children. Sophie was also featured as the flag bearer for the county representing her county.

A big congratulations to you Sophie – We hope you reel in more successes in the future!