Dear Parents, This week’s assembly focused on two things: ‘Holi’ and ‘Time’. The Indian festival of Holi takes place today, but is celebrated this weekend. There are numerous open events including in Colchester, Ipswich and Chelmsford. It is when people get together to unite, forgetting all resentments and bad feelings – with colours bringing great…
Dear Parents, What a week! Is Spring here? The Groundsman has been hard at work on the cricket squares and there have been days where coats have not been needed. We have also had an as yet unnamed visiting lamb in school (planned) – I would encourage you to help your children choose a name…
Dear Parents, Half a week out on the road means I have missed what other heads were describing to me as ‘their favourite day of the school year’ which is World Book Day. One expressed major regret that the IAPS (Prep Schools umbrella body) induction programme for new Heads ran through yesterday and today –…
Dear Parents, This week we have had two visitors to the school to work with us on two key elements of our strategic plan. One spent two days with the Year 1 to 4 teachers enjoying the hard work they have put into planning some exciting and engaging topics (e.g. Claws and Whiskers in Year…
Dear Parents, It is always good to see the grounds team hard at work maintaining our large site, but it has been particularly good to see the Verti Drain machine encouraging drainage and to observe the huge amount of work that has gone into the woodland areas of the site, stripping them back for the…
Dear Parents, It has been great to catch up with so many people on the driveway over the last few days – and most importantly to see the children bouncing into school at the end of a long cold month. If you happen to be in the front hall outside my office, you will be…
Dear Parents, It has been great to walk around last week and see the children hard at work. I spent some time as a TA in Year 3 and enjoyed their morning skills session; this is something that I wholeheartedly approve of from the Science of Learning, the revisiting of different spellings, handwriting development and…
Dear Parents Two weeks in and the energy has heightened as the sun has re-emerged. Wednesday was very special in a number of ways, not least because the sun came out seemingly for the first time this term, but because we had the first upper prep football fixtures for two years. All the football matches…
Dear Parents Term got underway with bang. I saw Year 2 this morning preparing storyboards on their panto experience and the teachers shared with me how much they enjoyed the real buzz and enthusiasm on the bus back. The Years 7 and 8 trip to the Drifters Girl musical was also a resounding success; they…
Dear parents We are nearly there! Thank you for the amazing support you have given your children through this term. I have been so impressed by the work of the school community in supporting events. I enjoyed observing the fun that was had in the FOHH hamper making – they look amazing! I hope you…
