Dear Parents, What an exciting week it has been! It has been fabulous to be able to welcome so many of you into school and we really appreciate your help and understanding in ensuring this was done as safely as possible. On Tuesday I was delighted to have the opportunity to present a “Looking Ahead…
Dear Parents Today’s assemblies focused on International Men’s Day, and in the prep assembly I asked ‘What makes a real man?’. We looked at some gender stereotypes of male professions, and listened to Joe Marler (England rugby prop) talking about how he has tackled his mental health. We also considered some Forbes magazine headers on…
Dear Parents, Thank you very much to all those who helped with the Autumn Visit by our governance team. I found it a brilliant time, and had a good chance to talk through and test ideas with the team. Some of the meetings will stick in my mind for the next few years and you…
Dear Parents, This week’s Year 4 to 8 assembly focused on Ruth Bader Ginsberg, ‘notorious RBG’, and included a challenge to the girls to be as focused on equality as she was, and the for the boys to recognise the battles and arguments she went through to achieve what she did. I then moved on…
Dear Parents, I hope you feel that your children have hit the ground running academically this week. ‘Wintering well’ is critical in an athletic training program as it is in education. The next six weeks are developmental on the knowledge built in the first half of term and set up habits, and knowledge foundations for the…
Dear Parents, It was a shame that we had to postpone Songfest as it would have created a wonderful ending to this half of the term. We will certainly seek to rearrange it for after half term. Listening to the rehearsals showed me the importance of this to the pupils. Postponing might also enable us to…
Dear Parents, What a busy week! Some very important days in the school’s year – a first ever taster day for Year 6s (with 19 pupils) and an open day with more attending than ever before. We have also had an evening at a local prep school where there was a lot of enthusiasm for…
Dear Parents, I hope you have all had a good week. It was really pleasing to see such excitement about fixtures this week, and to spend time with the Year 4 parents at the Boarding Taster evening. The growth in ‘overnight stays’ has been down to the hard work of a number of staff here…
Dear Parents, Watching the cakes, sunflowers, vegetables etc. arrive for the Produce Show this morning was fascinating. Both parents and children were rightfully proud of their efforts. Well done everyone. There is a tangential link from vegetable growing to my assembly on resilience this week – growing anything through this summer was more of a…
Dear Parents, Being the new boy is a lot of fun especially when your PA allows you free rein in your diary to wander around the site, pop into younger pupils’ lessons, and chat to parents. Being with the new Reception parents at the start, and end of the day, as their children had their…
