Headteacher Message

Hello all,

What a lovely day out there. I hope you get the opportunity to enjoy this weather.  As a leadership team in a one form entry school our jobs are wide and varied.  Basically if something needs doing we have to do it.  A case in point is our after school club.  We have been in a transition period whereby we have taken over the running of the club as we transition away from FitForSport.  In effect, over the last few weeks the leadership team has taken this responsibility.  While this is not ideal it has been a lovely opportunity to get to know our children even better and enjoy some less structured time with them. It is also vitally important that we continue to offer wraparound care for all of our families. Both me and my wife work, and we have three children and a demanding dog, so we rely on this support from their respective schools.  Not the dog, he does not go to school. The very good news is that we have employed somebody to lead on this role.  His name is Sonny and he currently works with our children as part of the Kew Park Rangers football club outreach sessions on a Friday.  He previously was on the books at a premiership football club, and we feel very lucky to have him.  He is starting on Monday and if you see him please give him the customary Darell welcome.  It does mean that our children will no longer be subjected to my somewhat erratic but well meaning cooking.  They dubbed one of my meals a ‘pasta disaster’ and to be fair there was plenty of room for improvement.  

I was lucky enough to spend some time in Reception yesterday. What a purposeful outdoor environment.  Two children were developing their gross motor skills by using brushes to clean the windows.  I remarked that my office windows needed to be cleaned, and they got onto it straight away.

What a great job they did.  If you look carefully you can see that the inside of the room also got some watery attention!!  It is always good to work to a purpose. Whether you are working out the area of the school playground to assist with refurbishments or writing to your MP to ask if a bin can be moved.  I really want all of our children to feel that they can ‘Make a Difference’ in this world and having ‘real life’ opportunities is motivating and worthwhile. I have to stop now as there is a duck in Reception!  Don’t worry, it was planned. I just really want to go and have a look!  

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Mr Porter