Week 5

Dear Parent/ Carer,

It has been another busy and very productive week in our schools this week.  We are in the midst of our first round of lesson observations in each of the schools.  I have had the pleasure, and will have the pleasure this coming week also, of observing lessons alongside the Heads and senior members of the school teams.  Lesson observations are a key tool for us in helping to improve standards and enhance the quality of teaching in all classrooms.

The real value of our partnership is really showing itself in the opportunities it creates for colleagues from each of our schools to work with one another and to broaden their experience and worldview by observing and working in one another’s school.  Every day this week we’ve had colleagues from one of the schools in the others schools.  I am very excited by the TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) ethos that we are creating and the enhanced opportunities that this presents for our children.

I was pleased to meet Governors at the two Body meetings last week at Fairlawn and Haseltine and am looking forward to the two meetings at Kilmorie and Fairlawn this week.  This coming week finds me at Kilmorie all day on Monday, Haseltine and Fairlawn on Tuesday,  Fairlawn and Kilmorie on Wednesday, Kilmorie and Haseltine on Thursday, and Haseltine and Fairlawn on Friday… so another busy week ahead!

I was pleased to see the community events that have taken place in our schools this week.  All three schools have a strong, and very distinct, identity that is underpinned by a very strong community spirit.  The coffee morning and singsong for parents of our Reception children at Fairlawn was a great success.  I was very disappointed that I was not able to attend, but aim to be at one of the Fairlawn Monday Coffee Mornings in the coming weeks as I continue to build a picture of our schools from parents point of view.  It is very important to me that we engage fully with our parents and keep you as informed about your child in school as we possibly can.  I am attending the Kilmorie Parent Council meeting on Wednesday evening this week and am looking forward to conversations there.

Have a great weekend,

Mark Wilson