The Chronicle

Dear Parents

This week’s Chronicle is being delivered early as we are closed tomorrow due to the bank holiday which will mark the 75th Anniversary of VE Day.  Whilst I will not be delivering a celebration assembly this week, there is still lots to share with you after another busy week of home learning.  Please do have a look through the Chronicle at some of the work and activities sent in by the children.

The work, photographs and videos that you have been sharing with me, and the rest of the teaching team, continue to be very uplifting and a wonderful way of keeping a strong connection with school.   Please do keep sending these in and we will publish as many as possible in the Chronicle.  I know that a number of children have had fun with their VE Day activities, including in dressing up in red, white and blue.

Although there isn’t an assembly tomorrow, I am pleased to let you know that our Stars of the Week are: Lewis, Alexander, Nieve, Theo, Ria, Isaac, Joseph, Miley, Willow, Leonardo, Harry, Rupert, Roshan and Sebastian.  Congratulations to all of you; Mrs Dyer will post your certificates straight away, so do please look out for them.  The happy birthday video can be viewed in the Chronicle and I would like to wish Isabella, Emily, Lily, Mairen, Fleur, Thea and Ryan a very happy birthday even though they may not be able to celebrate it the way they had planned this year.  House points have been counted and I am pleased to be able to report that the totals are: Mars 326, Saturn 328, Jupiter 403 and Venus 424.  Congratulations to Venus House!

Our teachers have been astounded by the ingenuity and enthusiasm of the children and have awarded Junior Da Vinci Awards to the following pupils: Beatrice, Freddie, Henry, William, Ralph, Ted, Leo and Esme.  Well done everyone and you will be able read more about their efforts later in the Chronicle.

We appreciate the work of our Mathletes and we acknowledge the following pupils this week: Lawson, Evie, Theo and Mitchell.  Keep up the good work!  Our RE Book of the Week is awarded to Jorja (J6) for her thoughtful and personal reflection and speech on ‘Seeing is Believing’ based on the story of ‘Doubting Thomas’.

Whilst we continue to work hard in all areas of home learning, I realise that some children are finding it tougher that others to engage with the programme.   Please do continue to liaise with your child’s form teacher in the first instance and to seek alternative ways of accessing the curriculum.  We will try our best to be flexible and creative through this time.  We can also follow up, if necessary, with a joint ‘phone call to your child, with you present.

I am aware that some families have not yet received a ‘phone call from their form teacher this week; the staff are working through their class lists and will be in touch as soon as possible.  The purpose of these regular calls is to briefly touch base with all families so that we are better able to support your child’s well-being and learning.

I hope that following the Prime Minister’s announcement on Sunday, we will know more about future plans concerning pupils returning to school.  In the meantime, I wish you an enjoyable extended weekend and please share any photographs of your social distancing celebrations tomorrow.  I hope that you are all able to enjoy a restful and happy long weekend and that we do get some sunshine, at last part of the time.

God bless