Year 9 - A Challenging & Emotional Year with Many Successes

Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:09

I cannot quite believe that we are finally at the end of Year 9 already. It has been a challenging and emotional year for many different reasons. We have had many successes including the preference process, good end-of-year test results, an Ofsted inspection and the brilliant Alton Towers trip. I would like to thank Year 9 for their hard work in what has been a long and tiring year.

I am thoughtful of the fact we end this year with one person sadly missing. Charlie Smith was a well liked and popular member of the year group. Members of the year group and his close friends are currently working on a project to plant a garden of memorial for him in the court yard of the school.  His friends have decided to change the raised flower bed into Charlie’s garden. It will contain a benched seating area, a tree and many varieties of flowering and fragrant plants. His friends are busy finalising the design of the garden. I would like to sincerely thank those students who have given up their time to finalise the plan for the garden. It has been a difficult yet rewarding process that will leave the school with a lasting memory of Charlie.

In the final week of term we will be holding a special celebration assembly to finish the year and key stage off with a bang!  During this assembly we will celebrate the successes we have experienced this year and look back over the last 3 years.

I hope that you have a relaxing break over the summer as when we return we will start the seriously hard work of GCSEs!