Dear Parent/Carer
It may have been a short working week for all of us, but we've managed to pack lots in as ever at the High School. Firstly, I want to commend the focus, effort and commitment of all our students undertaking either internal or external examinations this week.
Year 9 and 12 students have been testing their knowledge and application in internal examinations, whilst modern foreign language students in Year 11 have undertaken their nerve-racking speaking exams and I'm sure they are glad to have those out of the way.
Elsewhere in other years, we have welcomed primary school students into the school for our annual dance festival and lower school students have taken part in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) day.
Next week we have interviews for a couple of teaching staff who will start with us in September. Popularity for places at the school means that in Year 7 there will be 5 forms and so we are interviewing for members of staff in Science and in Geography; both to add additional capacity in Humanities but also to replace Mrs Martin, our current Head of Science who has taken up an exciting opportunity elsewhere in the autumn.
We look forward to talking to parents of Year 10 students next week at our virtual parents evening. If you are a parent of a child in this year group, please do look out for our parents' survey that will follow on from this parents' evening. We genuinely welcome your views and use them to inform our planning for next academic year.
As well as helping Year 11 and Year 13 students through their final preparations, staff are busy planning all sorts of fun activities that make terms 5 and 6 such a celebration of learning at the High School, but for now, please do enjoy reading of student successes over the past two weeks.
Mrs J Smith
Headteacher
