Dear Parents, We are extremely proud of the way our pupils have responded to lockdown and their online learning over the past few weeks. Through daily form time, weekly Teams Talks, individual calls to pupils, form assemblies via Teams and online lessons, our pupils have risen to the many challenges and remained connected to ourRead More »
Dear Parents, This week we have been busy focusing on ways to improve our wellbeing and positive mental health. Yesterday was Time to Talk Day and the pupils were encouraged to reach out and connect (remotely) with friends and family. In the coming week, we will be celebrating LGBT History Month, with a tutor-led assemblyRead More »
Dear Parents, I hope you are all well and remaining positive. I was reading recently that life oscillates between being amazing and being awful, with lots of ordinary in between. I cannot wait to embrace and appreciate the ordinary once again. Return to School I am sure you are following developments as closely asRead More »
Dear Parents, It has been a very interesting week in the news. I particularly enjoyed listening on the radio to the inauguration of the 46th President, Joe Biden, on my commute back to Harrogate on Wednesday evening. I was especially inspired by the words of youth laureate poet, Amanda Gorman: ‘there is always light if weRead More »
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 all pupils.Read 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 »
