Category: Head’s Reflections
The Head’s reflections on the week
One of the many things I have been delighted to discover about St Christopher’s is our commitment to getting children outside, something unique in a city school like ours and…
The Head’s reflections on the week
In lessons this week, we have taken some time to frame the death of Queen Elizabeth II as part of a process that is constantly moving forward, and that has…
The Head’s reflections on the week
I am sure I speak for us all when expressing my sadness at the events of yesterday. I spoke in Assembly this morning about the long and remarkable reign of…
The Head’s reflections on the week
Sometimes one good thing has to end for another good thing to begin. As we stand at the end of another school year we mark the end of so many…
The Head’s reflections on the week
You may have noticed that the school flag got itself rather tangled up with a telegraph pole this week. The contractors next door have promised to retrieve it, and in…
The Head’s reflections on the week
School felt full again this week, following last week’s Trips Week activities. Years 7 and 8 both visited PGL adventure centres, with a variety of exciting activities often involving heights…
The Head’s reflections on the week
What a busy week! What makes it, and this edition of the Newsletter, all the more remarkable is the fact that very few of this week’s major events have taken…
The Head’s reflections on the week
As we pick up speed on the road back to normality, it was wonderful to see many Middle and Upper School parents yesterday at St Philip’s, for our first church…
The Head’s reflections on the week
Half Term is nearly upon us, and Year 8 are aware that as the summer days grow ever longer, their time with us gets shorter. There are a number of…
Mrs Sarjent introduces Wild Beach
So much of children’s lives these days is carefully managed by adults, whether at home or at school. Our natural instinct, rightly, is to protect them but in doing so…