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Week beginning Monday 14th May 2012
Last week was very busy, so I have a string of thanks and congratulations to staff and students. Firstly though, we are very excited to announce that governors appointed Mr Lee Walker to the post of Vice Principal Achievement, starting in September. Lee is currently a Vice Principal at Impington Village College; we think his energy, ideas and experience will fit well into our leadership team. The other events were:
- The senior student handover meal in the House, which was well attended and very pleasant. George and Kirsty thanked Sam and Leila for their year’s work and the house captains, student voice and charity representatives enjoyed a meal together
- The Olympic Park trip went swimmingly, although the weather left much to be desired. Thank you to all the staff involved in such a huge undertaking and well done to Mr Turnbull who talked his way into the main stadium with his group!
- The mathematics department became the next area to gain the Prince’s Teaching Institute mark, joining history, English and geography in this accolade. Congratulations!
Finally, on Thursday we celebrated the life of our student Chantelle Garside. It was lovely to welcome members of Chantelle’s family to the celebration and we are grateful to Mrs Smith and members of Year 11 who organised the event.
Mrs Hodgson and I were moved by the solemn maturity of all the students who attended as they sang, or played, or wrote messages to Chantelle, which were attached to the balloons you can see on the photograph here. Year 11 know that to honour Chantelle’s memory, they must now focus on their examinations and make the very best of their coming opportunities.
Di Beddow
Acting Headteacher