Headteacher's Blog

 update January 24th

A very warm welcome back to all of you for the start of the New School Year. I hope you all enjoyed the summer break, despite the appalling weather, and that the children are refreshed and ready for the term ahead.

The new Nursery class settled particularly well this morning, which is perhaps not too surprising since virtually the whole class have brothers or sisters here already. Children who have joined higher up the school have made just as auspicious a start and I'm sure we all have a happy and successful year ahead of us.

We also welcomed Mrs Pradhan as Reception Teaching Assistant. Mrs Sattar has remained with the Early Years team and is working with Nursery children. Miss Daltrey has taken over Reception class and is still smiling, as is Mrs Lamont in Year 2. Dr McMillan is relishing her new role as Y4 form teacher and Year 3 also have a new teaching assistant, Mrs Sydenham.

As usual, a great deal of work has gone on during the holidays to maintain and improve our facilities. A...

Welcome back to possibly the busiest half term of the year (along with the second half of the summer term).

Last half term ended with a bang (to my arm!) and although I was injured it turned out to be an uplifting experience as it showed what a marvellous group Year 4 parents are, they all rallied round and did what they could to help, ensuring that the class still  got to have a great night at Science Museum. Special thanks must go to Mrs Kashman, who, after arriving at Buckhurst Hill station to wave her son goodbye, ended up accompanying them overnight – and did a great job. Also to Mrs Ormsby, who not only drove me to the hospital but refused to leave me there and stayed to take me home after what was a very long evening (Mrs Matharu, meanwhile looking after Mrs Ormsby’s son).  A heartfelt thank you to all of you and for all the good wishes I have received.

One of the highlights of last term was our visit from ‘Star for Africa’ representatives who brought over a treasure box from our Zambian link school, The Dambwa Christian School. Adults and children alike were enthralled by the quality of the handmade items which the pupils included in their box, and the wonderful letters they wrote to us. We sent a similar box to Dambwa School and have replied to their letters. We are also collecting books for Read International, their representatives will be here on Monday to give the children a special assembly and to take the books already collected and ship them to Africa. We have very nearly one thousand books and are hoping to reach that target by Monday. 

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