A great week had by all at TMS! In assemblies we have explored our new author Jeremy Strong and Oliver Jeffers, and the extraordinary lives of our STAR team leaders: Florence Nightingale, Stephen Hawking, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Katherine Johnson. We have also started listening to the wonderful music of Beethoven, learning about the large orchestras and dramatic pieces he wrote, and in KS2, learning about World Religion Day in assembly. We will continue to revisit these significant people throughout the term!

Year 6 experienced a fantastic morning today at Richard Lander on a language workshop – thank you to their students and staff for making us so welcome. Congratulations to our 2 football teams who played Mount Hawke this afternoon – 2 amazing matches showing great sportsmanship!

As you know, our staffing team are committed to their professional development and this week, Mrs Jerome-Snell has been in London in the continuation of her coaching certificate. We are already seeing the impact of the coaching on the pedagogical practice across the school, and we can’t wait to learn more from her. Mrs Jerome-Snell has also written a Teaching and Learning newsletter for our staff: you are more than welcome to have a read!

It is great seeing so many of you at our termly Zoom meetings when you found out about the learning coming up this term. You will find all recordings of the sessions on the year group page on the website. Year 6 encountered technical issues, but you will find the slides there to look at. As always, any follow up conversations, please do not hesitate to speak to our staff on the door.

We wish you all a restful weekend!

Ms Teagle