Dear Parents,

Earth Day has, quite rightly, dominated our activities at school this week. Students have been learning about ways to protect their planet and the importance of sustainable living.
Whilst walking around the school I had the pleasure of seeing the youngest children learn about the impact of plastics on oceans across the world; Year 2 made seeded bird feeders to encourage wildlife into our garden, and Year 3 were outside sampling music sounds from nature. Year 5 staged their own wonderfully noisy protest in the playground to raise awareness about climate change – look at the placards they designed. At Secondary, a hard-fought over Kahoot quiz related to Earth Day themes was one of the highlights during breaktime. Huge thanks to Ms Scott and Ms Skinner for taking a lead in this important day and the staff and students for their enthusiasm.

At Secondary, our Year 11 were finishing their Easter exams and Year 10 were meeting with teachers to review their results, David and his team from Techlabs were leading computing lessons with our Key Stage 3 students at Secondary. Whilst we have incorporated programming and robotics into our Primary curriculum for next year, Techlabs’ sessions are intended to give additional opportunities for our Secondary students to develop their interest in this key area as well.

Mrs Brown and Madame Blondeau were delighted to get out into the local community (within the current guidelines) and visit Genthod Park with our Little Ducklings bilingual stay and play session – luckily it is only going to get sunnier outside from here on! If you or any friends would be interested in joining, please do email [email protected]. Due to the popularity, we have to operate with a waitlist but hope to still have spaces available in some of the sessions.

On a related note – places are filling fast in the Nursery for next August. If you have younger siblings who are reaching their third birthday, or know of families with younger children who would like to sign up, we would be very happy to welcome them into class for a taster session.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Matt Williams