The Courier

Dear Parents and Friends of the School

I write to you at the end of a damp and chilly November week, and we feel fully into the new half term already. The nights are certainly drawing in and I am now at that stage of the year when I drive to work in darkness and drive home in the same.

At this time of year there's nothing better than some success on the sports field to light up the way and we've enjoyed quite a bit of that this week, and in what has been an exceptional term. Well done to the U9 boys who came away victorious from the ISA football tournament earlier in the week. Their shiny new trophy will go alongside the U10 boys’ and U10 girls’ trophies from earlier in the term, not to mention the swimmers’ winning trophies from last week as well. I get a feeling there might be a celebratory banner coming up soon to display at the school gate. The children certainly deserve it. 

Maths Week has also proved a great deal of fun. At various times during the week when I have been out and about around the school I have met excited groups of children looking for clues and solving puzzles. This has been a great way to make the subject exciting and challenging and I know the children have really enjoyed taking part. 

Also, on a musical theme, it was wonderful to go over to the Rugby Temple Speech Rooms yesterday to see the wind band playing in a special concert put on for the parents following a day of workshops at Rugby School. A wonderful event in an historic setting. 

With all the normal coming and goings of the Monday to Friday routine in our vibrant school, not to mention two late nights for me at Trustee meetings, it has certainly been a busy old week and I look forward to a little down time over the weekend. In the middle of this busy week it is important not to lose sight of all of those wonderful qualities that make our little school so special and showing prospective parents around the school is always a really good reminder of this. In October and November there are always quite a few people coming to have a look, thinking of September 2024, and they are, almost without exception, bowled over by what they see here.

Have a great weekend everyone. 

Joe Thackway
Headmaster