This week Assemblies this week have returned to the theme of new beginnings and asked students to consider what drives people to want to take on new challenges and ways to become healthier and live better. Year 10 and Year 12 had presentations from the Daniel Spargo Mabbs Foundation which we hope they found helpful. We are delighted to announce that our Christmas Jumper Day in December raised £650 for Save the Children. Also, on the last day of term…
This week Assemblies this week have focused on how we can be good neighbours, not just to those who live closest to us, but also wider afield. We reflected on why some people decide to work as volunteers on community projects and considered in particular the volunteer firefighters in Australia who have risked their lives trying to save lives, property and wildlife over the last few weeks. As mentioned last week, we have changed how lessons start and how the…
This week Our Mission Statement as a school was established many years ago. It is to provide the best teaching and learning that we can. We have more recently referred to this as ‘world class’ or ‘exceptional’. It is an aspiration, a journey that raises standards and expectations. It is meant to be aspirational and ambitious and rightly so. It means continually evaluating what is working well and what could be changed or improved. One such change was introduced this…