Despite
the dreary and grey weather, the school has been awash in colour and bathed in
a golden glow with everyone dressed in yellow to support ‘Big Yellow Friday’ in
aid of the excellent work of the Children’s Liver Foundation, a charity close
to school’s heart and my thanks to staff and students for all their help and in
particular to Mr Dave Hill and his granddaughter Tilly (who is now a bonnie 3
year old), who took part in the fund-raising raffle at lunchtime today. It was
lovely to see her and the community spirit displayed in full today by the whole
school. It has certainly been a busy week! Well done to the Y10s for
keeping their cool as they sat their trial exams and I congratulate them on how
well they have conducted themselves during this important week – it will
prepare them for the future and I hope they have faced up to the challenge and
that they have learnt a little more about themselves. The Sports department has
played a number of netball, hockey and football fixtures this week (the 1st
XI claimed a victory against Yeovil FC’s Academy side) as well as Rugby 7s
competitions with the 1st VII last weekend losing in the plate Semi Final at
Canford. Today the U13s and U14s are at the Perins School’s 7s tournament in
Southampton and we wish them well in their endeavours. Congratulations
also to our Karate team who last weekend competed at the English Karate
Federation Tournament in Birmingham and won three trophies for performance and
fighting. The Y11 Oxford University trip was a success and we welcome back this
evening our Y12 Geographers who have been carrying out their field work in
Devon – it’s safe to say that the weather hasn’t been kind to them either.
Where has this week gone?
I look
forward to seeing you at the PSA Spring Dinner and Dance tomorrow evening where
we will continue to celebrate our strong and caring community.
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