Dear Parents/Carers,
Despite being a slightly shorter week, following the Bank holiday on Monday, much has been achieved.
On Tuesday we welcomed author Matt Dickinson. Students from Years 7-10 and their parents, signed up to attend a talk with the author, film-maker and mountaineer. Matt spoke of his experiences of climbing Mount Everest, reaching the summit and its challenging environment. He showed footage of his adventures working as a film-maker for the BBC and National Geographic. Matt spoke about his work as an author and encouraged the students and parents to participate in his creative writing challenge.
Our sports teams have been in evidence over the past days. Our table tennis team of Jacob Kelly in Year 9 and Year 7 students Luke Kelly, Lewis Mayho, Daniel Grainger, Edward Robinson and Herbie Hunter, played Gordon’s in the Arete competition losing narrowly 5-4. It was extremely well contested and all of the participants were a credit to their respective schools. On Wednesday, 30 of our students competed in the district athletics trials, there were a number of personal best performances. Teddy Gannon broke the Year 8 school record in discus recording a distance of 30.80m. We are hoping to have many of our students selected to represent the district at the county championships on 8th June. Today we have 50 students competing in the first round of the English schools’ athletics competition.
Year 11 Drama students completed the performance section of their GCSE on Wednesday. Last week Art GCSE students completed their 10 hour practical and today has seen the start of the Immersion timetable in preparation for written GCSEs which start on Monday with RE. We wish all our Year 11, the very best of luck with their exams over the coming weeks.
Best wishes,
Jane Abbott
Headteacher