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Every week the Bulletin newsletter is sent home from the School Office highlighting important forthcoming dates and events, along with a round-up by Mr Richards of the week gone by. Read below recent messages from the Head's desk and previous word's from former Head Mrs Heywood.
I must start with sharing my congratulations to Ms Barker who gave birth to a baby girl earlier this term. Both mother and baby are doing very well and I know the students will be looking forward to meeting her when she comes into school.
The topic of girls' friendships has been the main point of focus for us this week.
I would like to welcome back the students who have had to isolate and congratulate them for the efforts they made to access their online learning during this time. We will continue to keep the learning experience as smooth as possible for those forced to stay at home.
Well, we have now completed our second full week of school. We were able to get our top award winners to Lillibrooke on Tuesday evening, where we shared afternoon tea and celebrated the fantastic achievements of those present. I know lots of you will be sad to hear that the formal speech day event at the Magnet will no longer take place but for those present, I hope you’ll agree that this more intimate event was a big improvement.
It is lovely to have everybody back into what already feels like a normal school term. As always, the full time return of the students is accompanied by an improvement in the weather.
I would like to welcome everybody back to what we hope will be a 'normal' and full school year. I should start by congratulating our wonderful Year 11 students who received outstanding results this August.
A week of celebration this week. After a late night on Wednesday, the students came into school excited and buoyed by the many successes of our national football team. Those of us that remember the painful experiences of the past cannot quite believe it all and I am delighted that this generation only really knows successful English sports teams. As we continue to develop our leadership programmes here at Senior Girls, there are many lessons we can learn from Southgate, who is as close as you can get to Level 5 leadership. He has taken something good and is on the verge of making it great.
We had sports day this week and I would like to say a big thank you to all our students who took part. There were some amazing performances from our elite athletes. The Year 9 hurdles race in particular was amazing!
It is world wellbeing week this week and this has been an important reminder to us all to, in the infamous words of Jerry Springer, make sure we look after ourselves and each other.
This week, Mrs Ruddick delivered our assembly on the importance of keeping things in perspective. Watching Christain Erikson receive life-saving treatment on the field of play was unbelievable as none of us could quite believe what we were seeing. Mrs Ruddick used this as an example to remind us that there are far more important things in life - and it is essential we cherish all the moments we have with the ones we love. It was a powerful and critical message.
Year 11 have left us, long live Year 11. Interviews for Head Girl take place next week and I am so pleased that we have had so many applications from our current Year 10s. It is a big thing to put yourself forward for a leadership position and I would like to wish all applicants the best of luck in their interviews.
As I write this, the sun is shining and I am pinching thirty minutes before I go to teach my final Year 11 lesson of the year. Their assessments have been written, marked and moderated and we now have an hour together to reflect on their time in History.
A report written by Mrs Payne, Outdoor Education Coordinator...
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