Headmaster's Message
Dear Parents
It has been lovely this week to hear from the children all about their exploits over the break and particularly about their favourite presents. One comment was particularly well put, as one of the Year 6 boys said to me “It was great to have all of our relatives over Christmas but it was nice to get the house back after they’d gone”. I suspect many of us can relate to that comment in some way. It’s a wonderful family time of year but can get quite hectic.
My assembly theme for the week was setting yourself targets for the new year and we looked at a recent survey of the most common resolutions that children make. You might be pleased to learn that two of the most popular were to help parents out more around the house and to be nicer to parents. I told the children about mine, which included getting fit and planning interesting lessons, as well as remembering where I put my glasses.
The school looks quite bare without all of the decorations but the children have been hard at work already during the week and I have seen some great examples of this as they bring their work up to me for their da Vinci awards. We have our first open corridors event in two weeks time so there will be some busy children and teaching assistants at work between now and then.
A highlight for me this week was the visit of Dr Leech from the Warwickshire Air Ambulance. She gave us all a fascinating insight into the great work that they do, which is entirely reliant on charitable donations. Well done to the children and thank you for all that you did to make our appeal last term so successful.
On Tuesday of next week we have the rearranged Online Safety Day with Paul Hay. There will be workshops and activities for children throughout the school day with a twilight session for staff at 4.00pm.
In the evening Paul will be delivering to parents what promises to be an excellent and informative presentation on how to manage all aspects of children’s digital life, including gaming, social media and online safety. I genuinely hope many of you will be able to come along. As parents of young children this promises to be an invaluable evening.
So far we have over 90 parents signed up to come but please do come along on the night if you haven’t signed up yet.
Have a great weekend.
Joe Thackway
