from Nursery to Sixth Form
Welcome back to each and every one of our Junior Girls pupils. Our first day back has been full of energy and excitement for both staff and pupils. It has been wonderful to get to know our new members of Claires Court, and I know they will enjoy their time with us taking full advantage of everything we have planned for this year.
The last bulletin of this academic year, and wow, what a year it has been! The girls have been through so much and their resilience and ability to overcome the challenges has been immense! They have been encouraging, supportive and altogether kind human beings. There is so much to celebrate, which I hope you will enjoy next week at Prize Giving online or in person.
You should have hopefully received your end of term mailing. We would also like to draw your attention to the following:
Calendar dates for next term are available for reference and easy printing on our website >>>>
With so much going on during the final weeks of term, our final words come from James Wilding along with a few festive news articles and galleries we have yet to share with you.
Linking to their ‘Stones and Bones’ topic, Year 3 brought the Stone Age into their classroom as they learned how our distant ancestors once lived.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and Claires Court is kicking December off in style with the launch of the 12 days of Christmas countdown online competition.
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Opportunities for scholarships for entry next September into Years 7 to 9 and Sixth Form are open now at Claires Court school.
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Families considering secondary school options for their sons and daughters following 11+ results at the end of this month (November) are invited to Claires Court’s virtual open events.
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Claires Court is calling for the community to get in the Christmas spirit and catch those festival feels with a 12 days of Christmas competition.
The culmination of our Juniors’ harvest celebrations this autumn term saw Claires Court families give generously and donate items from their food cupboards to local charities Foodshare and One Can Trust.
Claires Court is in the running for two top prizes, having been shortlisted by the Independent Schools Association (ISA) 2020 awards.
The award categories include excellence in fine art for the high standard and variety of art and creativity across the whole school, and marketing initiative of the year for the school’s initiative of a whole community book hunt to celebrate World Book Day.
As we continue to adapt to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s harvest celebration takes on an even more special meaning as pupils, staff and our community give thanks for what they have.
Unfortunately we were unable to invite parents and friends to our harvest festival this year, instead our Juniors prepared a number of special virtual performances which were emailed home to parents last week. With singing vegetables and dancing leaves, pupils really pulled out all the stops as they performed songs such as ‘Across the fields’ and ‘Thank your lucky stars’. Head of Junior Girls, Leanne Kirby, commented: “Our harvest festival video includes songs and readings all about harvest and how thankful we are. I hope you enjoy this and I am only sorry that we couldn’t welcome you in to enjoy this celebration with us.” Dean Richards, Head of Junior Boys, added: “Our house captains really embraced their harvest festival assembly tasks and the year group bubbles enjoyed being filmed singing in the marquee.”
Our Year 6 girls have begun the transition that will see them prepared for the step up to Senior school next year with their first experience working in a scientific laboratory.
World Book Day has been an absolute delight this year, and w...
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