Our Year 4 children at Kilmorie went on their school journey to Arethusa this week. I am delighted to report that everyone had a wonderful time. A hearty 'well done' to all of the children and my thanks to the staff who were freely giving of their time to provide this exciting and memorable learning opportunity for our children. Our Kilmorie Year 5's visited the Greenwich Observatory... round the corner from where I live (!) and our Year 5/6's represented the school with distinction at an inter-schools football tournament. Quite a week!
Meanwhile, Fairlawn class 4N performed last Sunday at the Catford Broadway Theatre as part of Lewisham's Holocaust Memorial Week. Class 2C visited The Science Museum on Wednesday as part of their topic Fantastic Forces. Our children enjoyed a Whole School Disco on Thursday. It was fantastic to see so many wonderful party outfits. Our Fairlawn children are quite the dressers! On Thursday, some of our Year 2 children took part in a multi-skills festival at Sydenham School and on Friday class 4N led a Tudor Assembly.
Children from Haseltine were also in historical mode this week. Class 5B led a Victorian class assembly that they themselves had written. Year 1 took a trip to the Docklands Museum. The school held a Book Fair and earned lots of money for new books for Haseltine and the week ended with a School Disco that featured a spectacular Dance Off.
It is interesting to reflect on the things that happen in a typical week in our schools. As can be seen, there is a great deal going on and it is built on the enthusiasm, the energy and the passion of staff to create outstanding learning opportunities for our children. We intend to continue, and to build on, what we do in all of our schools.
We appointed a Business Director to work across our three schools this week. This appointment will help us to take a strategic approach to financial management and to achieve the best value for money we can across all three schools, the Teaching School based at Fairlawn, and the Children's Centre based at Kilmorie. I welcomed an Executive Team from Bradford to our three schools on Thursday. Executive Headship and school partnerships, though well established in Lewisham, remain the exception throughout the rest of the country. It was useful for the team from Bradford to draw out the parallels with their own contexts, for us to share ideas and practice, and for us to celebrate all of the things that we are proud of in all of our schools.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mark Wilson
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