Jun
11
Word of the Week 12.06.2021
Both the English Department and form tutors have been exceedingly impressed this week with our students’ ability to fight through their ‘clinomania’ and ‘malaise’ to offer us a veritable ‘tittynope’ of tasty word treats. We’ve had such a ‘sesquipedalian’ torrent of terms of unusual ‘parlance’ that ‘arbitration’ has been quite a ‘discombobulating’ process. However, while […]
Jun
11
From the Head of Secondary 12.06.2021
As I write this Year 11 students are preparing to sit the last exam of the series, IGCSE Biology Multiple Choice and I am anticipating lots of cheers as they exit the exam room. We wish them all the best of luck. Many thanks to Mrs Hallas who, as Examinations Officer, has coordinated, managed [...]
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Jun
04
Word of the Week is back! 05.06.2021
Word of the Week is back! As some of you may remember, this was a competition we held last year with the aim of encouraging our students to tackle more adventurous texts and to expand their vocabulary. We in the English department have decided it’s time to reinitiate the competition and, judging by this […]
Jun
03
From the Head of Secondary 05.06.2021
This week we have had to make some decisions which we were hoping not to have to do. As we looked at the school calendar and considered the news about the latest MCO and associated SOP it became apparent that some changes had to be made. Whilst I think some students (and teachers and students) [...]
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May
21
From the Head of Secondary 22.05.2021
The vast majority of our students continue to work well online, and Years 11, 12 and 13 have been coming into school to sit their examinations. These continue next week, during the half term break, and I would like to thank Mrs Hallas and those staff who will be assisting with this in ensuring that [...]
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May
07
From the Head of Secondary 08.05.2021
It has been wonderful seeing all of our students in school this week and the IGCSE and A Level exams have gone very smoothly. The Cambridge Board regulations that all schools must follow are highly detailed and must be carefully communicated to the students and understood by the staff, especially those who are in charge [...]
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Apr
30
From the Head of Secondary 01.05.2021
It probably goes without saying that we are all looking forward to getting back ‘inside the building’ on Monday. The capacity for online learning has been invaluable over the past year, but it cannot replace the face to face interaction of the real thing. This week I attended a webinar ‘Identifying and Responding to the [...]
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Apr
23
From the Head of Secondary 24.04.2021
The week kicked off on Monday with a Zoom assembly for all Secondary students. We try to replicate the celebratory atmosphere of our assemblies in ‘normal’ times in the virtual format but miss the applause and laughter. Nevertheless, we were able to recognise student achievements, starting with those who entered the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge [...]
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