On Wednesday we had our half-termly Time to Talk. This event is an opportunity to provide staff with a place to come and catch up after a busy day at school. Whilst being a member of staff at a school is a vocation, we are sure you are aware that life in a school is a busy one. With event underway our leadership team kindly bought in a plethora of goodies which were there for staff to chomp on as they catch up with peers and colleagues that the usual day to day bustle might not allow for. As always some photos here show the happy memories we make at Etone.

Yesterday we were delighted to welcome Rebecca Jennings from RAISE Education to deliver training to staff on the requirements of the new RSHE statutory guidance. This informative and engaging session not only provided staff with outstanding training on how to deliver topics in the new guidance to all pupils but also offer staff the opportunity for consultation.  A fantastic session as always. We were also very pleased that RAISE Education were able to join us earlier in the day to provide catch up sessions for Year 9 RSHE. Feedback for both sessions has been really positive, and we look forward to welcoming Rebecca back next week to support in with our Year 10 Learning for Life Day.

On Friday 17th April 2026, three more members of the Etone College staff took a trip to the Nuneaton Warhammer store for the third workshop on how to paint a Warhammer miniature.  

This initiative continues the drive at Etone College to support the wellbeing of their staff through various activities and events; with this activity being painting Warhammer miniatures.

On this occasion, Miss Hillary, Mr Baggott and Miss Turner joined in with Mr McKenna’s plans for their first experience of the painting workshop.  As with the two previous workshops, this was led by the Nuneaton Warhammer store manager James, and also as with the previous workshops, Mr Gittens made a guest appearance, although this time for moral support.  The session lasted for 1 hour and 15 minutes with two of the staff finishing their miniatures before the store closed.  Mr Baggott chose a green colourscheme for his Space Marine inspired by pop culture, whilst Miss Turner went with red/pink scheme for her Stormcast Eternal and Miss Hillary enjoyed painting with the bronze coloured metallic paint for the armour on her Stormcast Eternal.  The results were all unique and looked fantastic.

By the end of the session, all of the staff taking part said how they had enjoyed the experience, and having the opportunity to try something new.  Being able to take home their miniatures to show what they had accomplished was an added bonus too.

As before, Etone College would like to say thank you to the store manager James for running this session for the staff, and his continued support of the school Warhammer Club.  Also, as with the two previous sessions, the staff feedback was very positive and the results of the time spent painting were amazing.  What is next in store for the hobby of Warhammer at Etone College?  Time will tell. 

Staff Book Club thoroughly enjoyed 'The Kite Runner' in their meet up on 10^th March. From the structure, the crafting of the story, the characters, emotion, and context, everyone had a different focus when talking about the book. 

Everyone is welcome to join us with our next book, Jeremy Vine's 'Murder on Line One'. 

On Friday 13th March 2026, another group of Etone College staff ventured to the Nuneaton Warhammer store for a workshop on how to paint a Warhammer miniature.  

At Etone College, there is a continual drive to support their wellbeing through various initiatives and events; one such activity is painting Warhammer miniatures.

For this event Mr Hope, Mr Monro and Miss Streza were having their first experience of the painting workshop, again led by store manager James, with Mr Gittens returning to make further progress with his previously started miniature.  The session lasted for 1 hour and 15 minutes with the staff surprised at how quickly the time had gone by as the store was reaching its closing time.  Mr Hope and Mr Monro enjoyed the use of the Contrast paints, with the instructions from James about how to paint larger areas with this type of paint particularly useful.  Each member of staff chose a very different colour scheme, ranging from purples to teals to greens to using a variety of colour scheme, despite them all starting with the same miniature, with Manager James making positive comments about all of them but saying how he liked the colour scheme that Mr Hope had decided on as it was unusual for a Space Marine to be seen in those colours.

By the time the session had come to a close, all of the staff that took part said how much they had enjoyed the experience, with Mr Monro echoing the sentiments from the previous workshop and saying how therapeutic it was as well as feeling inspired to paint some more.

The results from the session were each a fantastic achievement, with the Etone College staff having the miniature that they had painted to take home as a reminder of the event.

Etone College would again like to say a massive thank you to the store manager James for running this session for the staff, and his continued support of the school Warhammer Club.  As with the previous session, the staff feedback was very positive and the painting results were great to see.  The question that remains though…will there be a part 3 to these adventures?  

As part of World Book Day every year we have a great turnout of staff who dress up to celebrate their love of reading. Each year these costumes are brilliant and really show a plethora of creativity and passion which our pupils are extremely appreciative off.

This year we are thrilled to have had;
Mary and Burt dancing along the corridors from Mary Poppins
Gangsta Granny rocking around the school causing up a stir
TWO sets of Thing 1 and Thing 2, the English versions and then they Gym Things rocking their workout look
The white rabbit - Not late but precisely in time
Sherlock Holmes with no mystery regarding the love of books
Mozart and Bach in a stunning duet!
Andy lastly the witch from Room on the Broom

Best dressed department however went to… MFL with their ingenious take on becoming the “Walking Dictionary” pupils always seem to ask for in lessons!

Well done and thank you to all of our members of staff!

At Etone College every year we say thank you to teachers when we celebrate Thank a Teacher Day and we also say thank you to our LSAs with Thank a TA Day. However, there is not a special day for support staff in schools (although there really should be!) as these individuals are the backbone of our school. Without each and everyone of them, we would not be the success we are.

Therefore, we would like to say thank you to our support staff. We have spent this week delivering goody bags as a very small token of appreciation for all that they do to support the staff and pupils at Etone College.

If you see a member of support staff tomorrow, remember to give them a special thank you for all that they do.

As you may be aware this year our Trust charity is Papyrus, an important organisation that looks to provide support to young people in an effort to prevent suicidal attempts. Whilst a very sensitive topic, the aim of the charity is an important one.

To support Papyrus, we are teaming up with Three Dads to complete the Hadrians Wall Walk in May. This will see nearly 70 members of the trust follow the 84 mile long historical path, coast-to-coast.

With 12 members of Etone staff taking part in the challenge we were excited to take on our first practice this past weekend. Travelling through some very muddy fields and equally stunning valleys of the Derbyshire Peaks.

Whilst not a competition at all, Etone members smashed it walking over 26km, in the quickest time with the highest elevation. Please do support us if possible by donating to our fund here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/etone-college-10?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL