Year 10 have concluded their examinations and now await the return of papers with marks and feedback. Parents will get a chance to see their daughter’s exam scripts and please see this as an opportunity to congratulate them on their progress, but be aware that teachers will already have been helping them reflecting on strengths and weaknesses and to see where they can improve.

Year 7-9 start their summer exams on Tuesday and we ask that you support them by ensuring they are in on time,  are fully equipped, and are well fed and rested (sorry not meant to teach you how to suck eggs)! As you will know education research indicates that last minute ‘beasting’ of revision is not effective and only raises fatigue and sometimes anxiety - so please do not be tempted.

Given the time of year there is not a huge amount else going on within school just at the moment - well unless you count preparations for athletics trials, the year 7-9 production, geography quiz competition, DofE expeditions............ so yes we are still bubbling away.

The last day before study leave is a special time for Year 11. Pupils, tutors and senior staff have worked hard and in collaboration with each other, to create a day with time to look back, to reminisce and to enjoy each other’s company. The day culminates in a Final Assembly, in the company of parents and the pupil body, when we present all Year 11s with a token to remember us by. Provided by our PTA, it is a silver heart necklace which symbolises the love and affection in which they have always been regarded, and the strong relationships between themselves.

It is also a time to look forward and to wish them well for the future. In doing so we included some words from Kahlil Gibran, from his work ‘The Prophet’:

It reminds us that young people are not made in the image of their parents or their teachers, that their individuality, already strong, will only increase and flourish. We are proud of them.