What a difference the rain makes; one moment we all know what we are doing, sunny weather, outdoor lockers and a sense of fresh air and wellbeing around. Next moment, ‘where’s my change of clothes and 'I forgot my towel.’ Bearing in mind such epic fails, Mr Hudson’s presentation to our new parents on Wednesday evening reminded them of Michael Jordon’s most famous quote:

Year 11’s excellent assembly on Thursday welcomed in Black History Month October to the school, commencing with the genesis of this reflection from major characters such as Jordon from the USA and from much further back in our own country with Mary Seacole, arguably the first nurse practitioner at the time of Florence Nightingale. Seacole was of British-Jamican heritage, and celebrated in her own lifetime for her work, when 1857 a four-day fundraising gala took place on the banks of the river Thames, to honour her, with crowds of about 80,000 attending, including veterans and their families as well as royalty, she then ‘disappeared almost without trace for a century.