We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen at the age of 96.
Queen Elizabeth II ruled for 70 years, longer than any other Monarch in British history, becoming a much loved and respected figure across the globe. She will be remembered for her sense of duty and devotion to a life of service.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the Royal Family, our school community and the wider public during this difficult time.
Today Mr Gill’s Friday assembly with the senior boys this week was The themes threaded throughout the assembly were dealing with change and respect.
Last Year 2020 was an important year in the lives of the boys and they had to deal with an awful amount of change imposed by Co-vid. At the same time socially the world was dealing with change in another way, social change. He discussed with the boys the BLM movement and the Everyone’s invited movement.
We announced our Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy to the senior boys. We gathered together for our assembly outside in the glorious sunshine to make the announcement. Miss Osborne was on hand to perform her last duty before she goes off on maternity leave. Congratulations to the boys on their well-deserved achievement.
Choosing a Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy is always a difficult job. All our Year 8 boys have outstanding qualities so it can be a hard decide; however, we do have three terms. We decided a long time ago to choose two boys per term. This gives some boys who are still maturing the chance to shine later in the year.
We do have to make choices though and the characteristics we are looking for are linked to our principles in many ways. It is important that those chosen strive to model these principles:
Veritas, Puritas and Probitas – or purity, honesty and decency
We are looking for:
Maturity – the ability to make good judgments and model honesty and decency in all aspects of their learning
Organisation – someone who will organise themselves and help to organise others. Year 8 have to perform many duties around the school. The ability to sort out those jobs and get the rest of Year 8 to complete them, while monitoring their progress, is very important.
Leadership skills – to organise the Year 8 team, the younger boys and help staff during key events during the year.
Motivation – the ability to inspire and motivate the school and to model excellent behaviour.
After today’s announcement, our Head Boy and Deputy Head have already made a wonderful start!</>
Mrs Fleming
The boys had a great time competing in the House Cross Country at Trent Park yesterday. Results will be published in the newsletter on Friday.
On Monday, Reception Class visited the Postal Museum in Farringdon. The boys had a wonderful day exploring how the post office collect, sort and deliver their mail and even got the opportunity to experience travelling on the Royal Mail train. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the Jolly Postman Christmas workshop whereby they all became Jolly Postmen and jumped inside the story to act out the plot. The boys loved exploring the postal exhibits and had a wonderful time playing in the postal play area dressing up as postmen and developing their own narratives. A huge thank you to all of the Reception parents who supported with the trip.
Miss Callaghan
Year 2 boys enjoyed a comic re-enactment of the events leading up to the Gunpowder Plot at the Royal Gunpowder Mills last week; some of the boys were invited on stage to take part. The boys had the opportunity to smell and guess the different herbs which were passed round. They made lanterns and quill pens which they dipped in ink and then wrote their names. The boys found out about the games which existed when Guy Fawkes was alive. They had the chance to have a go with the cup and ball- a game of perseverance. King James II banned this game because it was for time wasters; anyone caught playing it could go to prison or have their hand chopped off. It was a packed day, but an enjoyable one!
Exam timetable information is now ready to view here.
