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Parent Bulletin 03/05/24

Parent Bulletin 03/05/24

This week Assemblies started with a performance from the Jazz Band. They were brilliant. We then focused on this week’s theme of People are Different. This theme allowed everyone to consider how when we look at things (e.g. a painting) people can notice different things, even though they are looking at the same thing. We also spoke about the whole world coming together for the Olympics and Paralympics this summer and how the different sports required different skills. We concluded…

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Parent Bulletin 26/04/24

Parent Bulletin 26/04/24

This week Assemblies this week started with a presentation by Isabella, Isobel, Rosalind, Hannah and Lizzie who all went on the recent Netball Tour. They shared their review of the Tour and encouraged others to go on the Tour next year.  They all spoke with clarity and were excellent ambassadors for school sport. As mentioned in previous bulletins, we encourage students to participate in many ways in assemblies either through performance or through a presentation. Last week’s singing by Piper,…

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Parent Bulletin 19/04/24

Parent Bulletin 19/04/24

This week Assemblies in this first week of the summer term were themed around life being a journey. Life can be more enriching and enjoyable when we challenge ourselves do different things. We looked at the extreme challenges overcome by Jasmin Paris (first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons in USA) and Russ Cook, who recently completed a run from the south of Africa to the north (10,000miles!). These were very inspiring, but our adventures through life do not need…

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Parent Bulletin 12/01/24

Parent Bulletin 12/01/24

This week Assemblies this week have focused on what it means to be a neighbour and in particular a good neighbour. Students also reflected on how technology is changing what we mean by neighbour and bringing people closer together virtually. The example was shared of how the Duolingo app is being used by millions of people worldwide to learn languages and how, by learning another language, we can then develop closer links with others that we might not otherwise have…

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Parent Bulletin 15/12/23

Parent Bulletin 15/12/23

End of autumn term As we reach the end of this first term we have been looking back over the term and reflecting on our students’ many successes and achievements. Achievement assemblies have been held for all year groups apart from Year 13 (currently completing mock examinations). Our assemblies each began with a Christmas themed performance by our KS3 Drama group, facilitated by our Sixth Form drama students. They did incredibly well performing from the stage in front of all…

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Parent Bulletin 08/12/23

Parent Bulletin 08/12/23

This week Assemblies have been themed around the build up to Christmas and the traditions that we follow at this time. Today, many of our students and staff supported Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. You can still donate to this worthy cause via ParentPay. Next week we will hold our achievement assemblies to recognise students’ hard work and achievements through the autumn term. Christmas Concert On Thursday, 14th December the Music Department will present our Christmas Concert, the culmination…

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Parent Bulletin 24/11/23

Parent Bulletin 24/11/23

This week With Year 11 starting their mock examinations, as is usual at this time of year, our main assembly moved to an alternative rota for Years 7-10. This week’s theme focused on Peace. This follows on from our Remembrance assemblies a fortnight ago. The assemblies began with cast members from our Wizard of Oz school production speaking about their experience in the show, followed by a recording and photo montage from the production. We may now have Over the…

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Parent Bulletin 10/11/23

Parent Bulletin 10/11/23

This week We have held Remembrance assemblies all week with all year groups.  These included speeches from two of our fabulous History Ambassadors who talked about the origins of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance and the famous poem, “In Flanders Fields”, by John McCrae. At the end of assembly we all stood, observed the Last Post (played by one of our musicians) and held a minute’s silence. As usual, no doubt many of our students will also be…

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Parent Bulletin 03/05/23

Parent Bulletin 03/05/23

This week We managed to escape the worst of Storm Ciarán on Thursday to welcome hundreds of Year 11 students and their parents/carers to our Sixth Form Open Evening. It was great to see so many of our own students keen to find out what life in the Sixth Form is like and to consider which of the many subjects we offer would interest them the most. We were pleased to see such a large number of students from other…

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Parent Bulletin 13/10/23

Parent Bulletin 13/10/23

Autumn term – reflections on the term so far We started this year with assemblies that emphasised the special community that exists in a school and our school in particular. We encouraged students to support each other to live by our values of Respect, Responsibility and Honesty. There have been so many examples of this so far this year, from charity fund raising (e.g. Jeans for Genes Day), to the Year 7 team building days, our fantastic Open Evening guides…

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