The Courier

Dear Parents

I write to you this week from the IAPS conference in South Wales. This is a great opportunity to meet heads from other independent schools, share ideas and advice as well as taking part in the many workshops and lectures on offer.

We have covered areas including school improvement, assessment, equality, the challenges of Brexit, staff and pupil wellbeing in school, inspiring children to become transformational leaders, as well as all of the legal and compliance updates. I will return to work next week with a bucketful of good ideas I’m sure.

This Saturday sees the school’s 70th celebrations getting into full swing with events planned in school for the afternoon and a gala dinner over at Princethorpe in the evening.

Many thanks to all of the committee members for the enormous amount of hard work they have put into organising these celebrations. I know they are a bit anxious that everything goes well so I do urge you to come along and show your support if you possibly can.

Joe Thackway

For a two or three week period this year we will be focusing on one of the sayings in the new School Promise. We will talk about this in assembly and in form period. It would be great if you could discuss this with your children at home and support the messages we are emphasising in school.

This week we feature Good Learners and a good motto for our Class VI children as they approach their entrance exams:

‘We work hard and try our best'