I hope everybody had a good break and it’s good to see everyone back ready for the final term of this year.

Staff News

Miss Crowther visited the school yesterday with her new daughter, Evie. Mum and baby both looked very well and it was good to see them.

Life Education Mobile Classroom

We have a visit from the mobile classroom around this time every year. The visit provides health lessons for the children about the importance of their bodies and how to take care of them. They also run a session for parents and carers and this year it will be on this Friday from 8.55 am to 9.15. You should have a letter about this with a reply slip - if not, please talk to someone in the school office. The classroom is only with us for two days this year which is why the sessions are shorter. Unfortunately, cutbacks to the Life Education Centre’s budget mean that what we pay for the classroom has increased substantially and we are unable to fund this at the level we have done in the past. I suspect this will be a recurring theme over the next few years.

Governor of the Week

Our ‘Governor of the Week’ is Dr Robert Bell and he writes:  

“I was appointed a governor by the London Diocesan Board of Schools in 1999 and am now vice-chairman of the Governors.  I’m retired now but I previously taught the  history of education first at Edinburgh University and then the Open University after spending  nine years as a school teacher in Ireland. At St. Mary’s I’m particularly interested in the teaching of history and in religious education; I’m a member of the staffing and admissions committees and was also a member of the Governors’ working party looking at ways of extending the work of the school in the community.”

This Week:

• Thursday and Friday: Life Education Mobile Classroom

• Friday: Year 5 and 6 to the library.

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