The Courier

Dear Parents

Following the high number of COVID cases in recent weeks it has been lovely to get back to something approaching normality. We have had only two pupil and one staff absence this week which represents an enormous and rapid drop in numbers. As a result, we have been able to relax some of our control measures, with assemblies and meetings taking place again in person. Let us hope this can continue on through the rest of the school year.

We have focused this week in school on Children's Mental Health Week and what we can do as individuals and as a community to make sure our wellbeing is given the priority that it really deserves. This has fitted in very nicely with the whole school annual target of promoting a growth mindset and this week has been a great way to celebrate our progress so far and also to take us to the next stage.

I was delighted to attend the home sports fixtures on Tuesday, when the Under 9 and Under 8 teams hosted netball and rugby matches against Twycross School. Twycross made for very polite but competitive opposition and set our children a physical challenge that they all embraced. Along with the cross country and netball fixtures of recent weeks, it feels like sport is properly back on the agenda.

This highlight was only narrowly topped by my trip out to the Princethorpe College wildlife pond (Little Swiss) with the Year 6 children. They had been working hard in school with Mrs Johnson preparing for a design competition to make and sail boats. All of the designs worked, at least to some extent, and it was great to see the tremendous range of ideas and sheer ingenuity that they all brought to the event.

This is a long half term for the children, but we are nearly there with just a week to go. I hope you can all take a breather this weekend and the children will come back prepared and ready for one more week before a well-deserved half term break.

Best wishes

Joe Thackway
Headmaster