Headmaster's Welcome
Dear Parents
We have reached the end of another incredibly busy week at school. Our sports teams and Junior 6 classes have been officially photographed for the last time this year and children will be sent home with the details on how to order these photographs next week. We have had the Scholastic Book Fair in school this week and rehearsals for our production of Joseph, which will be filmed next week, have continued apace. We welcomed a visitor from the Good Schools Guide into school on Tuesday who was also able to witness our world record attempt that afternoon when we linked up with the O2 Arena for a Big Sing (well done J4s). Photographers have also been in school to capture lessons in action for images for our new prospectus and we had a Health and Safety Audit on Wednesday too!
As you will have seen in my letter yesterday afternoon, events in school for the remainder of this term have been adjusted since the most recent government announcement. Thankfully, I am pleased to report that we have not cancelled any event at this point in time; everything will take place following government and Princethorpe Foundation guidelines. A summary of events can be found here
During assembly this morning I congratulated our Stars of the Week: Musa, Sloane, Felix, Hardaya, Henry, Finley, Rory, Georgie, Beatrice, Olivia, Dillon, Caythan and Maria. Bronze awards were ‘presented’ to Jude and Daya in Junior 2. Silver awards were achieved by Sophia, Thomas, Patrick, Oscar, Hector, Francesca, Alfie, William, Thea, Teo, Jessica, Isabel, Alexander and Felix in Junior 1. Wonderfully, there were more awards in the form of Junior da Vinci’s being received by: Alfred, Marley, Oliver, Jack, Isabella, Louis, Adreena, Patrick, Aaron, Beatrice, Darcey, Molly and Freddie.
I hope you enjoyed the extra video clips at the end of the assembly where the Junior 1 recorder group performed, guided by Mrs Olden; Junior 5 Choral Group performed Pandora’s Box and Esme and Matilda reported on the recent Junior 4 rounders match. I am pleased that the pupils are having more of an input into our weekly assembly, once again. They are brilliant! If you missed the Junior 5 performance, there is another opportunity to view it later in this newsletter (via the link).
The booking facility for Holiday Club is now live and can be accessed via your log in on My School Portal. As stated previously, this facility can only function if there is sufficient need and therefore I would urge you to book early so that I can assess the requirements and allocate staffing before the end of term. If you experience any difficulties booking or have questions about holiday club, please contact the school office.
We look forward to welcoming back Mrs Emma Malcolm next week when she visits for our moving up morning and meets her new class. Another familiar member of staff will be returning in September but with a different surname. Mrs Sophie Blyth is now Mrs Wheatley and we look forward to seeing both Mrs Wheatley and Mrs Malcolm in school in September. Whilst on the subject of our staff, Mrs Rod Paphitis will begin her maternity leave at the end of this term and we will be wishing her well by presenting her with gifts for her new addition to the family. If you would like to contribute to the collection, you may do so by visiting this Paypal Money Pool link.
We are planning all end of year activities with the thought and threat of Covid in mind and risk assessing accordingly. We are so close to the end of the school year and we must not relax our guard as we continue our attempts to avoid contracting and spreading this horrible virus. With the R-rate on the rise, it prompts me to remind families that you are able to secure free Covid tests from the link here or are able to collect free tests from some pharmacies. Some of our families currently test their children periodically and this certainly adds another level of safety and care in our fight against Covid.
I shall be watching the football game this evening with great interest and also hopefully following the sport over the course of the weekend. I hope that we will all be able to afford ourselves some time outside and enjoying a little sunshine, if it arrives, and fresh air too. I hope you all have a relaxing weekend with your families.
God bless,
Mr Duigan
