Message from Michele Marquet

Dear Junior School and Pre-school Parents,

It was a very busy first week back! Our Year 6 students earnestly embraced their leadership roles in a lovely service last Wednesday, promising to serve their school, their peers and their community with integrity. We were delighted to welcome those of you able to join us for the Parent Information Evening last Thursday and those who came along to one of the two sessions held this week with Dr Judith Locke. We highly recommend Judith’s books, The Bonsai Child and The Bonsai Student, which both provide practical, hands-on ideas about how we can best support our boys on their journey to becoming independent, resilient people who can, indeed, positively contribute to society and our world.

The term has started excitingly with our first ever Junior School Water Polo Team training at the AFC. Enthusiastic water polo player and Y3 Class Teacher, Miss Elinor Hewett, is their manager and she has shared some photos of their first sessions of training.

Last Friday, we welcomed back Mr Lloyd Hardes to the teaching staff. Lloyd will be teaching Y3-Y6 Multi Sports each week. We were delighted also to see Mr Ian Pollock back with us. He will be coaching some of our sailing boys each Saturday. This weekend brings our first round of the Summer season sport. Please see the Sport section for your son’s relevant fixture.

Starting today and continuing until the end of next week, our parents will be meeting their son’s teacher during parent-teacher interviews. These meetings are an excellent opportunity for parents to give teachers background information about their son and for teachers to indicate how each boy has started the year. Through these meetings, teachers and parents will start to build vital relationships that can so positively support our boys to be successful learners.

We look forward to a happy and productive Week 3!

Kind wishes,

Michele Marquet