The Courier

Dear Parents

Lots of parents have been into school this week for parent consultations, which have gone really well, with more to come next week. Thanks to staff and parents for your constructive approach to these meetings and which I hope provide reassurance and confidence for you as parents about your child and their life in school.

I have been away for the second part of the week at the annual head teachers’ conference in Edinburgh. This is always a great opportunity to keep up to date with new ideas and initiatives across the education sector and hopefully bring back plenty of positive initiatives for us to focus on at school. The theme this year has been ‘enlightened education’ and I have enjoyed sessions on a wide range of subjects including diversity and inclusivity, the rights of the child and a nice one about the benefits of a growth mindset from Marc Randolph, the founder of the Netflix organisation. His experience and insight fitted in so well with the work we have done on this here at Crescent.

As always we look forward to another busy and productive week in school next week with the prospect of half term holidays now not too far away. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy a restful weekend with your families.

Joe Thackway
Headmaster