Headteacher's Message

With only one week before half term, we seem to have ‘crammed’ our calendar with a multitude of activities! This week we have hosted a Year 3 and 4 Tag Rugby Festival, Year 8 and 9 have taken part in a skateboarding ‘master class’ with an Olympic Champion and coach, Year 7 are about to leave for their first Art Gallery visit of this academic year, Miss Cahillane led our Cross-Country team at the Royal Hospital School on Thursday, our Under 14 and 15 Netball Teams played fixtures during enrichment time, on Wednesday we ran a Year 6 French café which was supported by our Year 8 students and last night we held a Progress Evening for Year 10.

In addition to all of that ……. lessons and high quality learning have continued and there are particular classes that have impressed me. Our Year 10 GCSE Design and Technology class, for example, has had an excellent start to the year and I was very pleased to see the high levels of independence and thought that is going into their portfolios. Our Year 10 GCSE Drama class has also had a ‘flying start’; their individual and group responses to the various stimuli are very strong. Mr Hale’s Year 7 English classes continue to impress with their use of Tier 3 vocabulary.

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