Dear Parents I hope you are well and surviving home schooling. I know many of you are having to balance working from home with supporting the children and we are grateful for your help. Please do not let ‘working parent guilt’ set in: there is only so much you can do and, in these challenging circumstances, yourRead More »
Dear Parents What a week it has been. Thankfully the roll out of the vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel we are all heading towards and I think it is this which is keeping us all going. I remain delighted and proud in equal measures of the children and their effortsRead More »
Dear Parents A very happy new year to you. I think we were all glad to say goodbye to 2020 and I am sure we will make the most of 2021. As promised, attached is information from Ms Roberts about remote learning for Years 7-11; please can I ask you to share the timetable withRead More »
Dear Parents I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas with the children. It remains a bizarre time in all our lives but, hopefully, the festivities allowed you all to focus on what really matters at the moment. I am sure many of you have been waiting for the guidance from the government with respect toRead More »
Dear Parents My final email before Christmas, I promise. My previous email confirmed that Years 7-10 will be taught remotely for the first week of the spring term, with all other year groups returning to school. However, there is much discussion in the press about another lockdown and whether this will impact on allRead More »
Dear Parents I was not expecting to be in touch so soon after the end of term but we have been thrown a curve ball by the government in the dying moments of the Autumn Term. Many of you may have read that testing in schools is going to be implemented in January. Very littleRead More »
Dear Parents You may recall I described the Summer Term as the hardest term of my teaching career. I have to admit, this term has been rather challenging too but I have been astounded by the efforts of my colleagues to ensure the children remain safe and continue to enjoy a first class education. ItRead More »
Dear Parents It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…I hope you’ve seen our festive photos and video on Facebook. Whilst so many things have been different this term, I think it is important for us to ensure the pupils have their usual fun-filled end to the Autumn Term; we have lots planned. Chocolate TombolaRead More »
Dear Parents Across both sites, we are in ‘full-on’ planning mode, preparing for the imminent Christmas festivities. On the last day of term, the pupils will be enjoying a Christmas-inspired assembly, quizzes, dingbats, snowball dodgeball, a Christmas sing-a-thon with hot chocolate, a chocolate tombola, Christmas mindfulness crafting and a Christmas party, with pizzas from Dominos.Read More »
Dear Parents This week is National Anti-Bullying Week and the theme for 2020 is ‘United against Bullying’, which saw children across both sites involved in a number of different activities. The Year 6 wore odd socks to school to mark the occasion, whilst the Year 5s discussed what it means to be a ‘bucket filler’Read More »
