In This Together

A New Term, A New You! Welcome back to your final team in Year 10. I hope you and your family had a restful and relaxing Easter. I don't know about you, but I am feeling incredibly guilty about the number of eggs that I managed to scoff down and I am actually looking forward to having a bit more structure and routine to my day! By now you should be finishing off this week's work that was on SMHW and please remember to send this to your teachers. After calling your parents before the break, it became apparent that some of you were finding the workload a bit daunting. This was fed back to the Leadership Team and as a result you should see that the work has been condensed. If for any reason you were not able to complete some of the work set, it is important that you make note of this and that you tell your teachers over email, so they know how best to support you when things go back to normal. I know it's really tough but it is really important you try and stay on ...

Dear Year 10, We have made it to the end of a very strange term! I would like to start by saying a massive WELL DONE to you all. I know that most of you have been working tirelessly over the last two weeks, and you really do deserve a two week holiday with your families. Yes, you heard me correctly, REST, RELAX, RECHARGE and REJUVENATE and put the work down! The Year 10 Team and I have tried every effort to make contact with you all, and it's been fantastic to hear how optimistic you have all been, considering the circumstances. You are such a resilient bunch and I count my blessings regularly that I get to work with such amazing young adults!  I know I often have to nag you from time to time... 'why are you late' and 'unroll your skirt' and 'stop dumping your trainers under my desk' (Sam and Max Clayton and Finlay Coughlan this rant is usually aimed at you!) but I have really missed seeing you all these last couple of weeks and I know that you are m...