Black History Month sees a wealth of activities in all areas of school life, overseen by Miss McMillan, our Diversity & Inclusion Lead. She has set a creative challenge to the children to do some of their own research. Some impressive entries are already in, and we look forward to bringing you some more of the results in future editions of the Newsletter and on our social media.
To take two examples, in Music next week Year 7 will be learning about (and listening) to the Blues, without which popular music as we know it today would not exist. They will look at the remarkable figure of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who challenged racial and gender prejudice through her music. Her story is one that is only just being rediscovered and told, which is exactly the purpose of Black History Month. Year 6 will be looking at poetry by Maya Angelou, linking its use of birds as a metaphor with their class novel for this term, Skellig.
Elsewhere in this week’s edition, you will find articles on the Upper School trip to Dorset last week written by pupils; a whole page of Reception’s adventures down at our Glebe Villas site; information about Dyslexia Awareness Week; several day trips away from school; and full reports of a very busy week of sport with an impressive eighteen teams being fielded against other schools in Hockey, Football, and Netball.
Finally, it was lovely to see many of you at Hove Methodist Church on Monday. Our Harvest Festival Appeal has so far raised a splendid £567 for The Clock Tower Sanctuary, who have already been in touch to give their thanks. My thanks to all who donated, either at the service on Tuesday or online.
Ms Elizabeth Lyle, Head
