I cannot believe today is the first day of
May, and from next month the nights begin to draw in! Many thanks to the students and staff of the
school who coped with yesterday’s dreadful weather. There was so much rain water yesterday we had
to build a temporary platform over a large puddle to allow students and staff
to access part of the school. It was all
received in good spirits.
Tonight, parents of boys in Year 7 attend
their son’s parents’ evening. It will be
the first opportunity for parents to meet their son’s teachers and to hear how
they have progressed in their first year.
I am sure the evening will be a positive one.
This week is the last full week Year 11
are in school; their study leave begins sometime next week. Now is the time that they constantly have
their heads in a book revising. However,
year 11 students studying history have their first exam tomorrow as they are
following the iGCSE course and art students began their exam yesterday. Year 12 students begin their UCAS exams this
Friday which will continue for five school days. We will welcome them back on Monday 14
May. Year 13 students don’t leave us
until Friday 18 May.
With the summer months soon upon us we
will soon be allowing the students to use the field at break at lunch. We were hoping to open the field up
yesterday, but the unpleasant weather prevented us from doing so. We hope to be in a position to open the field
later in the week.
Many thanks to the students who have
already become accustomed to the new arrangements in the Refectory. With food their being more popular we
adjusted the queuing arrangements on return to school after Easter to ease
certain pressure points, and I am pleased to say that all has gone well.
