Headteacher: Mr Oli de Botton Middle School NewsletterTo our Middle School Community,Please read through the dates below carefully - end of year events, trips and important dates are being added and finalised each week. Reminder - School Uniform A reminder that full school uniform is still expected every day including black shoes and ties. We've reminded students about this today in assembly - please support this message at home. We've also reminded students to take care of their belongings, especially in the hot weather, when blazers may be taken off in lessons or while playing. Students are responsible for looking after their uniform pieces. As the weather heats up, water bottles are advised as well. Dates For Your Diary Return Date for Academic Year 2019/2020 - Monday 9th September Tuesday 25th June: Y8 Salesforce Project Group - Nando's Meal (5:00pm - 6:30pm) Wednesday 26th June: Year 6 Chessington visit (Please make payments on ParentPay) Thursday 27th June: Year 4 Parents Information Evening Friday 28th - Saturday 29th June: Year 8 Camping Trip Monday 1st July: Middle School Sports Day Wednesday 3rd July: Lit Fest (More information to follow) Thursday 4th July: Deadline for returning HPV forms (Year 7 only) Thursday 4th July: Year 7 Ignite: A Moment of Humanity Event (4:00pm - 5:30pm) Thursday 4th July: Year 5/6 Band Project Gala Concert (5:00pm - 6:30pm) Friday 5th July: Summer Fair (Primary + 5/6) (3:30pm - 6:00pm) Monday 8th July - Friday 12th July: Year 6 Residential Trip - In2Action Gloucester Monday 15th July: Year 7 Macbeth Performance (more information to follow) Wednesday 17th July: Year 8 Legacy Event (TBC - more information to follow) Wednesday 17th July: Summer attendance winners visit to ZapSpace Thursday 18th July: Summer Exhibition of Beautiful Work (4:30pm - 6:30pm) 1:00pm finish (3:15pm supervision option available - more information to follow) Friday 19th July: Middle School Annual Awards (see below for further details) Friday 19th July: Last day of the Year - School Closing at 1:00pm Dear Parents and Carers,As you will be aware there was a serious incident in Stratford Park in the early hours of Monday morning. Although we don’t know all the facts, we understand that the incident was fatal and the victim was a man in his 40s. No young people were involved.Perhaps our first reaction as a community is to feel sadness and fear. Sadness that this has happened on our doorstep and fear for the safety of our children, friends and family. But my second reaction was to feel pride and hope. Pride that children were in school, some upset of course, but the majority able to express their feelings to their peers and teachers. And hope that together as a school community - from 4 to 18 - we are building something that outshines the dangers around us.Going forward we will redouble our efforts to keep children as safe as we can but we need your help.Our strong advice to children is:
If you are worried about anything, either about your child and/or your child’s friends please get in touch. In particular, if you worry that they may be vulnerable to pressures outside of school, please let us know. We are working with an excellent schools police liaison officer who can provide support. We are also making sure our coaching and well-being curriculum covers the topics that children want to talk about in a safe and age appropriate way.Please do get in touch with any questions or concerns.Oli de Botton
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