The Courier

Dear Parents

I hope this edition of the Courier finds you well and having enjoyed a fruitful week at work and at home.

For the first time during the pandemic, we have had a number of cases in school resulting in absences, both for staff and children. This has been a challenge, but we continue to meet it as best we can with the resources that we have. The children have remained upbeat during the week and the staff have been similarly positive and flexible in their response. We will continue to monitor the situation and make adjustments and adaptations proportional to the changing picture. Anyone who is suffering or feeling unwell, has the sympathy and best wishes of everybody here and I hope that we will all be back together with a full complement of staff and children in the very near future.

As I write this in my office in the early evening it is rather nice to see that full darkness is yet to descend and the days are clearly lengthening. One good way to think about this is that although it is still most certainly winter, it is in fact 31 days since the shortest day on December 20th. That in fact means that there are in total 62 days in the year that are shorter than today. It also follows that there are 303 days which are longer and, not only that, they are the next 303 days that will occur. Does that make things seem better? It always seems very exciting to me, particularly as we start to see those very early signs of spring around and about.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Best wishes

Joe Thackway
Headmaster