Welcome to Ecco, a large 11-16 school in Sheffield. Proudly part of the
@minervatrust
family. Privileged to serve our community. Welcome to the
#EccoFamily
❤️🖤
We’re really looking forward to welcoming our NQTs to Ecco in Sep. We feel utterly privileged that you’ve chosen to join the best profession there is and that you’re starting your career with the
#EccoFamily
. This box of goodies awaits each and every one of you.
@TeacherToolkit
Please find 3 minutes today to watch this video of one of our fab yr 9 students performing a poem he has written himself. All about Yorkshire, he encapsulates what it means to be from this fine county we call home. We think it's pretty incredible and want to get this out there.
Dear all, please see below a message from our Head, Mr Walkden. On behalf of all the staff here at Ecco, please stay safe and once again, a huge thank you for your support. ❤️🖤
Dear all, please see the attached video from Mr Walkden and Missy. We’re just checking in with you all and hoping you’re all keeping safe. Do email us if you just want to check in, we are always here. ❤️🖤
Good morning,
#EccoFamily
. Mr Walkden and Missy have been for their daily exercise this morning and are checking-in with you all again. On behalf of all of us here at Ecco, Happy Easter. Stay safe. ❤️🖤
At the end of what has been the toughest for us all, we walk out of the staffroom to see a queue forming.... It’s our colleagues waiting to deliver food packages to our community. Never been prouder of how we’ve all stuck together this week.Thanks for everything❤️🖤
#WeAreEcco
Good morning,
#EccoFamily
. We hope you’re all keeping safe and well. We’re not quite sure what to say about today‘s Friday check-in....but this is very impressive, Mr W! 😂 Stay safe and look out for each another. ❤️🖤
Huge thanks to all of our wonderful colleagues who have been amazing over the last couple of days. We’ve had staff offering to cover lessons, our cleaning staff doing a fab job & our catering team going above & beyond.Thank you to you all, we work with the best team.
#EccoFamily
The behaviour of our students over this past week has been really impressive. It wasn’t the easiest week in the news but we’ve stuck together and will continue to do so in these tough times. Thank you to all students, parents & carers for your continued support. 👍
#WeAreEcco
Huge huge thanks to the wonderful
@LoundJunior
for having us over the next couple of weeks. A brilliant example of how we can work together with our local primaries to support our local community. ❤️🖤
1/2 From everyone in the Ecco family, huge congrats to our Sam in Yr 7 as he signs for Man City as a youth academy player. What a humble student you are, Sam - a great advert for what we stand for as a school.
Thanks for absolutely everything, Mr W. You’ve truly enriched the lives of so many in our community and the school is a richer place because of it. Thank you for everything you’ve done for our young people, parents and staff...& for your relentless positivity.
#WeAreEcco
What a way to start the day. A lovely Year 7 student handing these out to people as he arrived to school. This is why we have the best job in the world. ❤️🖤
Huge congrats to
@billysharp10
for scoring his 100th goal for
@SUFC_tweets
on Friday. An ex- student who we would love to welcome back into school sometime!
Here’s wishing Mr Smithard a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY🥳.Mr S is an absolute Ecco legend who has shown service to the school for 18 years & the impact he has on the kids in our community is immeasurable.On behalf of us all, have the best day & celebrate this landmark birthday in style!
The PE department have been chosen as the WINNER of the SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE YEAR category at the Sheffield Schools Active Awards 2020. Congratulations on the departments success and thank you for your hard work in promoting PE, School Sport and Physical Activity.
A massive well done to all of our students who have taken part in
#RestartAHeart
day today. 261 students & staff trained in CPR. Official
#lifesavers
! Proud of you all. A particular thanks to the team from
@YorksAmbulance
for being BRILL! Until next year!
There are so many of our community we could thank (over the last week especially) for their hard work & support but a special mention for these wonderful people. These are just some of our colleagues working tirelessly behind the scenes. Huge thank you to you all for everything.
1/2....Yes, Yr 11 - get in and well done! We could not be any prouder of this amazing year group and their hard work and dedication has really reflected in this morning’s results. Lots of tears of joy this morning, from both happy students and proud parents/ teaching staff. ❤️🖤
Community comes together once again. Never fails to amaze us. Huge thanks to all of our colleagues who have brought food in to support those in need and to Amie, Community Champion at
@Morrisons
in Ecclesfield, who has kindly donated such a sizeable amount for our community. ❤️🖤
Final check in of the year from Mr W is below ⬇️ To everyone in our
#EccoFamily
, have a wonderful summer. Stay safe and take care of yourselves and one another. We can’t wait to see you in September. ❤️🖤
Today’s check-in comes from our wonderful Yr 7 Progress Leader, Mr Silcock. Happy Easter to everyone in the
#EccoFamily
. Stay positive and stay safe ❤️🖤
Absolutely brilliant week at school. Students adapting to new routines magnificently and working hard in lessons. Huge thanks to everyone for their continued support. Have a lovely weekend
#WeAreEcco
😀
Today we were privileged to welcome our AMAZING new Yr 7s to Ecco - & what an excellent day it was indeed. It was lovely to meet such polite & respectful young people, lots of smiles all day long. We are so happy to welcome you, & your parents/carers, to your new
#EccoFamily
!❤️🖤
We’re so looking forward to seeing our Yr 11s today. You’ve worked so hard over the past 5 years & you should be as proud of yourselves as we are of you. As you move into the next stage of education, employment or training, keep your head held high & never forget that
#WeAreEcco
.
Today’s check-in comes from our wonderful Mrs Brown. She’s sending her best wishes to all in the
#EccoFamily
- keep safe everyone.
#stayhomestaysafe
❤️🖤
2/2 ... You go above and beyond for our students and the skills they develop from being part of the show are invaluable. They will remember this forever and the impact will last a lifetime.
#EccoFamily
#TeamEcco
👏👏
1/2 A former Ecclesfield student, Tom Sorsby, is looking forward to a great summer after being selected to represent his country. Tom now 24, attended Ecclesfield School from 2008 to 2013, has been selected for the Great Britain Hockey Squad to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Such an important message from our former student
@billysharp10
here. Please take a moment to listen and remember to keep talking. Thank you, Billy.
#EccoFamily
"If you are finding it tough, speak to the people around you. That's the best thing to do, don't keep it in yourself because it just gets harder & harder "
With it being Children's Mental Health Week we sat down with the Skipper to discuss mental health.
#CMHW
x
#TimeToTalk
😄
Fantastic day today and just so good to see our wonderful team again. 😀Lots of information and guidance given out as we adjust to different ways of working. Teams meeting to over 200 staff this morning - strange times but we are ready!
#WeAreEcco
Today’s the day we say farewell to quite possibly one of the best year groups we’ve had. Thank you, Yr 11, for being you & on behalf of everyone here at Ecco, we wish you the best of luck. Stay in touch and we’ll see you in August. Have the best summer, you certainly deserve it!
We did it! End of a busy week, but so many things to celebrate. Fab lessons & fab engagement from both students & parents/carers! Huge shoutout to our team who’ve had to adapt so quickly (didn’t teach us that on teacher training!!) Now go and rest, recharge & see you next week.
Check out this brilliant young man in Year 7. This superstar is taking part in ‘Virtual ride’ from Lands End to John O’Groats with his friends. So far, they have raised over £800 for the Paediatric Critical Care Unit at Sheffield Children's proud of you.😊
1/2 After an incredible week of performances, we are so sad that it is over for yet another year. Well done to our incredible students once again for giving their all and of course to the incredible
@EccoDrama
@EccoMuso
and
@MrABattey
for another amazing show.
Morning,
#EccoFamily
. In this week’s check-in, Mr Walkden wanted to share a sneak peak of colleagues’ footie skills & we have a VERY special appearance from an ex-student - a current
@premierleague
captain. Keep watching until the end!
@billysharp10
That’s one bad sandwich! Seen a SPaG error somewhere? Take a photo and send it to Mr Lindon, Mrs Bird or Mrs Martin and we’ll post it on our “Wall of Errors”. Prizes for the best entries!!
@EccoEnglish
Wow! This is so lovely and I feel like I need to know who this young man is. Any ideas of a name? We really do have the best kids. Thank you to your lovely young lady for being so kind as well 😀
@OfficialEcco
My daughter is Y11 and yesterday chatted to a Y7 boy in the lunch queue. At the end of the line he bought her a bun to say thank you for being kind. Bless his heart ❤️ thought it was worth a mention. The kids are on a roll 👏🏼😁
We’re so proud to call Alice one of our former students & this just sums up what an amazing person she really is. A lovely young lady who epitomised our school value of ‘being kind’. We’re so proud of you, Alice.On behalf of your
#EccoFamily
, thank you for making a difference❤️🖤
'You just need to get involved and make a difference.'
We meet Edna and volunteer Alice who helps Edna feel less lonely.
Alice calls Edna, who lives alone, once a week for a chat.
Pledge your time and together we can end loneliness 👉
#1MillionMinutes
On behalf of Ecclesfield School and our community, we would like to express our deepest condolences to the Royal Family following the passing of Her Majesty The Queen. Thank you for a lifetime of outstanding service.
Good morning
#EccoFamily
. So looking forward to another day of teaching our brilliant Yr 10s. Lots of smiles as we walk through the gates this morning. ❤️🖤
We can’t wait to welcome our colleagues back to school tomorrow and we can’t wait to start welcoming our students back in on Thursday. It’s been far too long and we’ve missed you all very much. See you all very soon! ❤️🖤
#EccoFamily
GOOD NEWS TO END THE WEEK!📣After a couple of weeks and countless of clues and then dead ends, we are pleased to have found the lovely young man who helped a Yr 11 girl in the canteen. So nice to see him promote our values of being kind. Well done, D!
2/2..open as previously advised earlier today. Whilst we don’t know yet what this means for Yr11, please know that we are with you all every step of the way & we will continue to do whatever we can to serve & support you wonderful people. Huge thanks for your continued support
A beautiful sunrise at school today. It’s the small things in life which can make us smile...but it’s always important to take the time to appreciate what’s around us. ❤️🖤
As we approach our last day of a very busy term, we would like to wish our entire Ecclesfield community a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. On behalf of us all, and of course our very own Doug, have a relaxing break and look after you and your loved ones.❤️🖤
#WeAreEcco
This coming week we remember all those who have lost their lives for peace & freedom. Students will have an opportunity to reflect on the meaning & importance of Remembrance Day in form time. On Wednesday, we will hold a two minute silence in a live remote assembly.
#LestWeForget
Yesterday saw us host some special assembles for Yr groups 7-10. We welcomed
@MakingGenR
to Ecco to talk to us about resilience & how to take care of our own mental health. Really powerful messages which our students found really inspiring.Huge thanks to the team for visiting us.
Excellent first week back. 98.1% attendance, students coped well with staggered breaks/lunches & face coverings. Colleagues going above & beyond to support the children & one another. Lots of smiles from all. We go again on Monday & can’t wait to welcome our Year 8s & 9s back❤️🖤
Huge thanks to everyone in our Ecco community for all of their support and kindness over the last year. It’s certainly been a tough one but we’ve stuck together and we’ve come out even stronger. Now time to rest up and have a lovely summer. Stay safe everyone :) ❤️🖤
#WeAreEcco
Ecclesfield School has been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. We’re especially proud of this! Please click here for the link to our Ofsted report. Thank you once again for your continued support.
Another year and another phenomenal show. Thank you and well done to everyone involved in WWRY. Just gets better and better. Watching those kids up on the stage, those dancing and those in the band is why we do it. Well done, team!
#Family
#WeAreEcco
So proud of our students today & their donations to the food bank - we made more than 60 hampers for St. Saviour’s Church. At this time of year it’s so important to remember to give to those who need a little festive cheer. Excellent teamwork by the Y10 student leaders & Y9s too!
On behalf of everyone at Ecclesfield, a HUGE thank you to you all. The group has donated over 600 face coverings for our students here at Ecco and we are so very grateful. Huge thanks once again. ❤️🖤
A massive thank you to the members of Shelagh's Sewing Circle, Dronfield who have kindly made and donated a large amount of face masks for our students to wear in our schools. A heartwarming gesture during these strange times 💙🧡
Beautiful carol service at St Mary’s this evening. The students sang, read and played beautifully and passed on plenty of festive cheer. Thanks to all involved, what a lovely hour. 🎅🌲 ⛄️
Lots of ‘Ecco Teaching and Learning Shout Out’ awards sent home on Friday. We can’t wait to celebrate your hard work with you all. Your teachers will once again nominate students tomorrow & there will be a new batch sent out on Friday. Hope you like them & keep up the hard work!
We’re ready! We can’t wait to have our students back in school this week, back in the classrooms & ready to continue working hard. We’ve been SO impressed with their attitude & engagement during remote learning - we really do have the most brave & resilient set of youngsters.❤️🖤
What a team! Thanks to everyone for taking the kids to
@altontowers
today. The kids have absolutely loved it. You giving up your time has made it happen so many thanks!
#TeamEcco
Another week
@LoundJunior
with the kids of our brill key workers. Let’s hope the weather stays nice,
@steph_mccoy7
& Miss Martin are ready with every piece of sporting equipment poss! The kids made this last week as well, they want to say a huge thanks to our brill
@NHSuk
❤️
This absolute superstar was caught doing something amazing for our school community today. Nobody had asked her to, she took it upon herself to make a positive difference. Brought tears to Miss Fancett’s eyes so hot chocolate and toast as a reward! Well done 😀❤️🖤
#WeAreEcco
2/2..The world is now your oyster, kids, so go out & enjoy every single second of your success - just make sure you come back to see us.😀Thank you isn’t enough but our gratitude must also go to our hard working staff team & brill parents who have always supported. Thank you!❤️🖤
Absolutely brilliant performance of ‘The Lyttle Space’ at Cineworld last night….starring our Year 11s! Huge thanks to
@EccoDrama
and team for giving up hours and hours to make such special memories for these students. It really was brilliant.
#WeAreEcco
❤️🖤
#WeAreEcco
❤️🖤🌈 Here are some of our students showing support to the LGBT+ community this morning. Lots of activities in form time to celebrate
#LGBThistorymonth
as well.
#Proud
1/2 This Friday we say goodbye to David Hague, who has worked here for 32 years!! He started as caretaker and is now the Support Services Manager. David has been a much loved and valued colleague who will miss the day to day interactions with the students and staff.
Absolutely over the moon to welcome the elderly from our community into the school today. It was a pleasure to serve you and we hope you enjoyed your time with us. Thank you to all who made this possible, in particular to our fantastic students. You make us proud every day.
1/2. Feeling very proud of our Year 11 kids today. You’ve worked so incredibly hard & have put in many hours of revision to get some cracking results. This is your time now to enjoy the success & to get excited about what your futures might hold for you.....
2/2..we will always put the safety of both students & staff first. With regards to tomorrow, we’ll be up as early as possible to assess the situation & to communicate plans with you all. Please check the normal channels of communication for updates. Thanks again & keep safe.❤️🖤
Dear all, we will keep you all updated as soon as we can. Thank you for your patience. Our colleagues have worked so hard over the last term to make sure our remote learning provision is as strong as it can be. We are with you all every step of the way.
#EccoFamily
❤️🖤
On behalf of the entire Ecco community, we would like to pass on our thanks to Mr Sean Judge who has so generously donated a 3D printer to our
@eccoDT
dept.The machine has already made thousands of ear savers for our NHS heroes & we are delighted it will now help our students❤️🖤
Fantastic Summer Concert tonight enjoyed by many in the community. It was a pleasure to watch such talent and to see such lovely smiles on the faces of our kids. Thanks
@EccoMuso
and
@Ecco_Tech
for giving these students such opportunities.
#Proud
#WeAreEcco
Behind every one of our year 11 students is their own personal story. We are so so proud of you all. These kids have shown true grit in the face of adversity over the last few years and we couldn’t be prouder.
#EccoFamilyAlways
❤️🖤
So, today’s the day for our Y11. It’s their final day with us and we’re ready to give them a good send off. It might be your last day as a Y11 student, but you’ll always be part of the Ecco family ❤️🖤
It was genuinely so good to see the kids today, a brilliant day all round. Seeing kids’ smiles as they walked through the gates was just fabulous. Can’t wait to see more tomorrow. ❤️🖤
#WeAreEcco
Absolute delight to have worked with these parents over the years. As they are parents of Year 11 students, this was their last parents’ forum so it’s a great chance to publicly say thanks and come back soon!
#WeAreEcco
#EccoFamily