Headteacher's Message
23 May 2025
Dear Parents, Carers and Students,
Last week was Mental Health Awareness week. We have marked it in school with assemblies, form time activities and a workshop this week for our year 10 students about dealing with exam stress, delivered by the local Mental Health Support Team. We are fortunate in school to have our Wellbeing Hub, with mentors and a counsellor available for students and we provide bespoke support for students who are facing specific challenges. Through our values of courage and compassion, we actively encourage students to look after themselves and each other.
We all make mistakes; that is where our learning is. Sometimes, we hold on to those mistakes for too long and it has a detrimental effect on our well-being. It’s better to evaluate, learn and move on, but that can be hard. We are currently in exam season for our Year 11 students and there are end of year exams to come for KS3 and year 10. Our students work incredibly hard and are aspirational, but we need to remember to look after ourselves too. We have to give ourselves permission to let go of the mistakes we make, even in high-pressure situations.
I hope you find the following quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson helpful:
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
Our ASDAN students in year 10 have been creating Wellbeing guides to help students with managing exam stress and workload. They invited me into their lesson a couple of weeks ago and kindly shared their work with me. I am looking forward to seeing the finished products.
This month’s Greensheet
You will see from this month’s Greensheet that students have benefited from some wonderful activities and visits, organised by our staff. These range from the Bebras Challenge, Python coding workshop and talks from industry experts in ICT to a visit to the Imperial War Museum with history and a Spanish trip to the BFI. There is also an update from our Student SLT, including work with the PA Schmidt School in Maltahohe.
Parent Survey
Many thanks to all parents who completed the survey about additional funding. If you provided your email, we will be inviting you along to focus groups and meetings next half-term.
Thank you again to parents, students and staff for all your support for our students and each other. This is a wonderful community and I really value the way we work together. I wish you a restful and well-deserved half-term holiday and Eid Mubarak to anyone who is celebrating on our return.
With all good wishes
Ms Marriott
Best wishes
