Headmaster's Message
Dear Parents
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you back to the first edition of the Courier of the new school year. It will give me even greater pleasure to welcome you and the children back into school on Tuesday for the start of the autumn term. After the trials and tribulations of the last six months it will be wonderful to have once more a school full of children, with learning and friendships going full steam ahead. I have written a long letter to you today with details of the measures we are taking to make the return as safe and happy as possible. This will arrive in your inbox as a separate letter, with the intention that this answers all the questions you have in your minds regarding the return. Please however do get into contact with the school if you need more information.
As a staff, we have spent the last three days of in-service training preparing for the new term. Of course, we have spent a good deal of time talking about the special measures that we have in place to control the risk of infection, but this cannot be allowed to deter us from our broader duties as a school to educate and nurture the children in our care. With this in mind, we have shared sessions on this year’s whole school targets and also the key areas of safeguarding and pupil wellbeing. In the information evening at the end of last term I talked through the targets for the year but I have attached them here as a reminder of the key areas that we will be focusing on in the three terms ahead of us.
It was a highlight of the week to see all of next year’s Reception children coming in for the rescheduled move-up morning. They were beautifully behaved and had a lovely time meeting friends and teachers. More than anything I was struck with a powerful sense of the potential that a new group of children bring into school life. It’s going to be a great year.
In the weeks ahead, I look forward to re-acquainting myself with existing parents and getting to know those of you new to the school. Inevitably, it will be a time of challenge for us all where the keywords will be flexibility, resilience and adaptability. The staff here showed these qualities in abundance last term and I have every confidence we will do so again this term as we strive to provide the best possible service we can in ever changing circumstances. Many thanks indeed to all of you who have stayed with us through this time and continue to show such great loyalty to the school.
I do hope you enjoy the last long weekend of the school holidays with your children and look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.
Best wishes
