Etone College promote reading for all and as part of this commitment, we have a Staff Book Club.  This has two elements:

1.  Reading for Pleasure - each half term, staff collaborate to recommend a book.  A copy of the book is raffled so that one lucky staff member receives a free copy.  A Microsoft Team enables discussion (without spoilers) whilst reading, and at the end of each staff term there is an opportunity for a face-to-face meet-up to discuss the book. We also run a staff book swap where staff can bring in books that they have read which are then available for other staff to lan.
2. As part of our trust wide commitment to CPD, we recommend a pedagogical read each term linked to whole school priorities.  A copy of this book is raffled to staff, alongside a copy being purchased for our growing staff library.  Specific  parts of the chosen book will be referenced in CPD, and - when appropriate - extracts may be given to the whole staff as pre-reading.

As you are aware we spend our time at Etone investing in research to join up with the leading institutes and put it into actions to ensure progress for all.

Just this month our staff have been involved in over four separate modules for the Staffordshire Research School in conjunction with the EEF. Within that over 6 different articles or events have taken place and we are proud to share feedback and the links form the Research Schools termly newsletter:

The EEF theme for the summer term is Literacy and we have been busy working away on some exciting things to share with you. A major partnership of this term has been with the fabulous staff at Etone College who have been very generous with their time and energies. Thank you! 

In this edition, we have an amazing podcast interview with Miss Sandilands who was part of an EEF pilot strategy around Curriculum Comprehension Strategies (CCS) in Geography. Her podcast is inspirational; do have a listen here. 

Staff at Etone College have also been working with us to offer a series of two twilight events focusing on 1) How to Create a Culture of Reading and 2) Embedding approaches across the school for reading and disciplinary literacy. These events are brought to you free so do make sure you sign up via our events page here. 

Juliet Stafford, a fantastic ELE and Deputy at Etone College also shares her evidence informed practice with us through two blogs which focus on Putting the Evidence to Work to Prepare Learners for Success. You can read blog 1 and blog 2 now. 

It is always important that we are up to date with our research, and being involved is a fantastic opportunity for our staff to be involved in the cutting edge developments within the sector. Furthermore it helps to improve the educational experience of our pupils which is a win all around.

At Etone as part of our commitment to staff wellbeing, we have a Staff Book Club.  We suggest questions for our fiction book of the term, and our pedagogy selection links to whole school priorities.  As part of this, we gift a copy of each book to staff chosen at random.  This month Mr Botham is the luck recipient of 'The Heaven and earth Grocery Store', and Mr Bonner won a copy of Jamie Clarke's 'Teaching One Pagers'.  A massive well done to both.

Spring 2025

Our World Book Day day began with the launch of Staff Book Club for this term, Miss Streza, Mr Monro, and Mrs Kaye-Shepheard all won books with Mrs Tucker, Miss Bali, and Mr Hope winning bookmarks and chocolate.  Massive well done!

This term’s books were: ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy, a book of hope in uncertain times and ‘Power Up Your Pedagogy, The Illustrated Handbook of Teaching’ by Bruce Robertson.