Year 8

Year 8 students have been busy with their ongoing assessments and many students have received grades back from their teachers. It can be tough to deal with a result that is not what the student had hoped for. I have had a couple of conversations with Year 8 students over the past week about this and encourage families to speak about this at home.

Year 8 girls are still early in their learning journey, and making mistakes is part and parcel of being an active learner. I hope Year 8 read their assessment feedback, take it on, and think about how to approach tasks differently if what they just did wasn’t successful. If you feel that your child needs some assistance with a study schedule or time management skills, please reach out to their Luminary.

This week in the Middle Years Assembly, it was wonderful to see Year 8 students acknowledged for Speech and Drama exam results and sporting achievements in swimming and rowing. There were some fun year groups challenges and Year 8 (Jemima and Lucy) were victorious in catching the most Easter eggs in the basket. Go Year 8!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

– Claire White
Head of Year 8