Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to 2017! This is quite a significant year for us – our first group of senior students and our biggest group of Year 7 students so far – 186 of them! We have a student population of about 640 and we have recruited a large number of new staff – almost 20 new teachers and 4 support staff members and we are delighted to welcome them and all of our new students and families into our community.
Our Year 11 student group (about 80 of them) have settled in beautifully to the responsibilities of Senior School. They look really good in their new uniform and have shown themselves to be great role models, both in their general demeanour and behaviour and in the way they are working seriously during their non-scheduled lessons and in classes. We have negotiated with them the privileges that they enjoy as senior students and, again, they impressed us with the maturity with which they undertook that task and they continue to impress with the way they are dealing with extra freedoms.
The Year 7 group have been delightful and appear to be managing the transition to high school really well. Over the next week you will be contacted by your child’s mentor teacher and please, do not be shy if you have questions or concerns. They are there to help.
We are all adjusting to the increasing business in the building and enjoying using all of our spaces. Please note below the new processes we are putting in place for students to leave the college for appointments or if your child needs to leave the school for any other reason. You will understand that we do not have the personnel to individually collect students from classes and I ask your cooperation with these and that you ensure that your child is aware of what they need to do as well.
Many thanks!