14th June 2017
Dear Families Thank you once again for your great support and interest in the life of the school. In these demanding and challenging times, to receive so much encouragement and praise, goes along way. We know we are on a journey and never “get it all right” but there is strength together. I was overwhelmed by the response from my “extraordinary” letter informing parents of our staffing vacancies. We received a number of supportive emails and offers of help if we did not manage to appoint. Indeed we are still pursuing some of these but the wonderful thing was that we appointed a Spanish teacher, a parent who was in fact looking for a permanent post (unbeknown to me!) – so thank you! Thank you too to the “Super-mums” and the “Sat ur-dads” in our Larch Centre, who once again performed miracles in transforming our play area into a wonderful creative space. Special thanks must go to Eileen for her expertise and ideas. Do go back to the blog and see what happened. It was even more special when the reception children invited me to a “wedding” which took place under the newly erected arch. The children were dressed as guests, bridesmaids, musicians, obviously the bride and groom and even a vicar! All in the splendid garden! We soon will be counting the Sainsbury’s vouchers- please look in your bags and purses, and ask your family and friends if they have any more lying around and send them into the front office. We hope to get sports equipment and cooking utensils for both age ranges.