Autumn Term
26 APRIL 2021 Issue 1 : 4th September 2020
Dear Parents, Today I had the pleasure of attending our Year 7 Floreat Festival, the culmination of two terms' work on their Floreat Projects. It is a lovely aspect of our timetable that each member of Year 7 attends a weekly Enrichment lesson, where they select a project, conduct research, decide on the quality of their sources, produce a presentation and present to their peers. Although we have been robbed this year of the opportunity to invite parents to the festival, we nevertheless created space for the girls to show their projects over the course of this morning. I was amazed at the breadth of interests, from Motocross to the Moon. I congratulate all the girls in Year 7 for providing us with such a memorable morning. I would like to thank my Enrichment groups in particular for doing so many food-based topics and reaping the home-cooked benefits! I would like to wish the best of luck to Year 11 and Year 13 as they approach their assessments next week. All shall be well. A quick reminder that Miss Nelson and I will be running a Parent Q&A about Teacher Assessed Grades on Wednesday at 5.30pm on Teams, the details of which were circulated by Mrs Du Preez Gale last week. We look forward to seeing you then. It really does feel as though we are moving towards normality, and plans are underway to allow certain year groups (in KS3 in particular) to travel to the Art and Science blocks in the coming weeks, once restrictions have loosened a bit further and we have gained space previously occupied by Years 11 and 13. O brave new world! Finally, it is a Bank Holiday weekend (as I'm sure you are all aware - although it came as pleasant news to one member of my A Level Latin class), so I do hope you enjoy it. A day of fun activities has been planned for the boarders, including the arrival of an ice cream van at 2pm. I wish you all a very pleasant long weekend, Dr Claire McShane