Autumn Term
10 MAY 2021 Issue 1 : 4th September 2020
Dear Parents, It has been lovely to see Mairlot Hall being used as a stage once again, and I am very much looking forward to The Show Must Go On. Discrete plays have been rehearsed in bubbles, then stopped, then restarted, then stopped, then restarted and are now finally going to be filmed. Break a leg to the production casts, and my thanks to Ms Hansen and Mr Melvin for their determination to put on multiple plays in the teeth of a pandemic. I am also looking forward to the Summer Concert where this week the filming of diverse items has busily been taking place, and the concert itself will be on Teams from 7pm on Wednesday of next. Choral Evensong is on Monday at 5.30pm (via Teams for parents), the Head Girls' Tea is on Tuesday at 4.30pm, and to round off a jam-packed week, I look forward to the virtual Academic Scholars' Dinner on Teams on Thursday for Years 9 and 10. Is that the beginnings of normality I scent in the air? We have so missed the anticipation of opening night, the camaraderie of live music and the thrill of watching sports fixtures. Soon. Gardening club update: Year 8's carrots and potatoes are in! The very best of luck to Years 11 and 13 as they embark on the last week of assessments; courage! I must say that they have done you, as parents, extremely proud these last few weeks. Thanks, as ever, to all teaching staff. As you will be aware, guidelines are relaxing from Monday and the wearing of masks is no longer 'strongly encouraged', but will still be required (barring exemptions) on the school buses. If any pupil still wishes to wear a mask in school, then of course, they are perfectly welcome to do so. I do hope you have a wonderful weekend. Best wishes, Dr Claire McShane