Headteacher Message

Hello all,

I hope you are all well.  You may well have seen me hobbling around the school this week.  Unfortunately, I injured myself playing football and am having a scan this weekend.  My wife tells me I have retired but I am not so sure.  There is a serious point here.  Exercise really does support my mental health.  This week has been a struggle as I have found not cycling in combined with eating doughnuts has not always promoted my usually very positive outlook.  As a school, we really want to promote healthy living and the benefits of regular exercise.  I have been really pleased with the work that Mr Fitzegerald, our PE lead, has done promoting physical exercise across the school.  Every class is completing the weekly mile and I know that we are introducing Activplay into our playgrounds next week. It is never too late for you as parents to be role models for your children. Dust off the lycra and get out there!! 

I would like to thank you all for coming to the parents meetings this week.  The turnout was exceptional with some classes reaching 100% attendance.  I would also like to thank our amazing teachers.  It is abundantly clear to me that they know your children and this will help improve their learning experiences.  

Next week, we are running a series of assemblies to promote anti Bullying.  On Monday your child is encouraged to wear odd socks to school.  This is to show that no-one should be left out and we are all unique.  Bullying as an issue is very close to my heart having been the victim of it as a child.  I never ever want any child in this school to feel like I was made to feel and will work tirelessly to ensure that your children do not experience these feelings.  

I am going to leave the last word to a visitor we had in school.  The author Kate Wilkinson visited various classes today.  She caught Mr Gilbert at the end of the day and said “This is a lovely school.”  I tend to agree.

Be active (a new one for the sign off!), be safe and enjoy time with your lovely children.

Mr Porter          

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Community News

The London Welsh Little Wizards (Under 6's) meet at our ground on the Kew Road TW9 2AZ

Our sessions start promptly at 0930 - we suggest coming along any time from 0915

Our sessions last about 60 minutes

The first four sessions are ALWAYS free of charge / on the house, with no obligation, just come along and give it a try.

The Under 6 set-up is run by Julian Davies and myself. Our own children went through it many years ago, and we always enjoy welcoming new families to the club.

I was a Darell parent for 12 years from 1989 onwards: all my three sons still have such happy memories!

We don't have fixtures at this age - it's against the rules - we just train and above all try to make sure the children enjoy it. 

We welcome children from age 4. The guideline is that if the child can take instruction in a group of 3-4 then we know we can keep them safe.

If the child needs separate shepherding then it is probably too early.

London Welsh welcomes girls as well as boys, and we now have good numbers of girls at all ages.

Rugby boots are not mandatory but as the ground gets muddier in November they are advisable. Otherwise, just dress your child for the weather.
With this age of children, we are NOT "in loco parentis" and we need one parent / guardian in sight lines throughout the session.
And we definitely encourage parents to get involved.
We all have a lot of fun!

If there are any other questions just ring my mobile as below and ask. 

It is helpful for us to have a mobile number, so parents are in a WhatsApp group. That is because if we ever have to cancel because of weather, we only ever do that at about 8am on the day, (our pitches often dry out miraculously overnight, and we don't like to cancel!) 

Sebastian Scotney

Coaching under 6s at London Welsh since 1992

W: 020 7014 2818

M: 07768 288 988