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Trinity Term 2016
WAR VETERAN ADDRESSES
THE SCHOOL
A Youthful Voice on the
We were delighted to welcome Simon Weston, Falklands War veteran, to our Prize Giving this year. Simon spoke to the pupils about having the courage to stick to your principles and to like yourself. In addition to some witty tales, he talked about his struggle to come to terms with his injuries and the need to never give up. He also urged the children to take their “can do” attitude forward with them in life, and to remember that the only real failure in life is not having a go in the first place - sage words for both our leavers and the younger pupils too.
PREPPERS HOST
Referendum CHERNOBYL CHILDREN
This term, we hosted a delightful group of children from Belarus, to support the Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline Charity. Mrs Allen organised an exciting day of activities for our visitors, including a DT workshop where our Year 7 children helped the boys and girls to make wooden boxes, and a swimming lesson with our swim coach Miss Pitts. The visiting children were all non-swimmers, and Luke, Peter, Max, Will and Gracie were wonderful, demonstrating, encouraging and boosting the confidence of their buddies. Freddy and Peter Marsden, like so many Preppers, keep a keen eye on current affairs, and the Bremain/Brexit debate certainly caught their interest, to such a degree that they decided to write to The Times. The boys were thrilled to have their letter published. Their missive laid out a very coherent argument for remaining in the EU and also made the point that the people likely to be most affected by the referendum were considered too young to vote.