Headmaster's Welcome
Dear Parents
Welcome back to the start of the Trinity Term and I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter break. Some of you may have noticed, when driving into school, that the part of the lower playground has had a facelift and exciting new additions which the children have been fascinated with this week. Work on the playground was carried out during the Easter break and, with finances provided by the PTA, we have been able to add a gazebo, an Astroturf grass area and playground equipment for the children to enjoy. Please read the feature later in this edition of The Chronicle to find out exactly what your contributions, via the PTA, have achieved. Thank you to parents, pupils and staff, and especially our ever-hardworking and enthusiastic PTA team over the years for helping us achieve this project – the first phase of it!
This week, in addition to the sun shining, we have been able to welcome several new children to school and I know that they have already made many new friends within their class. You will be able to see full details of class activities that have taken place over the course of the week later in this edition.
As we continue to closely follow the Government’s road map to the easing of lock down measures, we will be exploring the possibilities of children attending certain sporting fixtures and I know that Mrs Vaughan has been contacting parents in this regard. We will keep you informed regarding this and other activities as details become available. The next milestone is 17 May and, until then at least, we still may not have spectators at school sports fixtures, unfortunately. It is mainly about the children being able to play though, which is a huge joy again. At the present time, we will continue to hold meetings, Mass and assemblies online until it is safe to do otherwise. All ‘lockdown’ precautions are still in operation, for example, sanitising, space, masks, bubbles, restricted activities in confined spaces, etc.
Next week, Junior 2 will be participating in an online workshop exploring The Fire of Warwick. It is also hoped that we will be playing cricket against Bilton Grange; a long-awaited for fixture. As detailed in the school calendar, I will be hosting an online meeting for Junior 5 parents on Thursday afternoon to discuss secondary school choices. This meeting is held each year to help parents understand the choices available for their children. Please keep a lookout for an email early next week which will contain a link to the meeting. If you are unable to attend, information can be sent to you following the meeting.
I hope you were able to watch this morning’s assembly where I announced our stars of the week: Elliot, Olivia, Patrick, Edward, Amelia, Grace, Sukhmani, Lawson, Kit, Penelope, Sebastian, Alfred, Thomas and Jasper. Congratulations to you all. Well done, also, to all pupils who received a bronze or silver merit award. There were many Junior da Vinci awards to celebrate with Beatrice, Chloe, Lawson, Theo, Julia, Andrew all receiving awards for their work in French. Leo, Helayna, Noah, Millie, Annalise, Jasper, Isabel and Thomas also received awards for their work in English. Super efforts from everyone. To end assembly today, I was delighted to see Stephanie play her violin so well and so confidently.
I wish you a happy St George’s Day and lovely weekend ahead, hopefully with a little time in the sunshine with your family. There are also some lovely sporting fixtures to keep us enthralled. I am pleased that the European Super League ‘notion’ seems to have settled down. I am enjoying watching one of my favourite cricketers, AB de Villiers, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL – I just wish he still played for South Africa! It’s still a way off but I am not confident ahead of the Lions versus Springboks series.
God bless,
Mr Duigan
