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Today’s weather is expected to be cooler than yesterday. The Met Office forecast is cloudy with sunny intervals and a high of 22°. The ‘feels like’ temperature high is 18°. Students are expected to follow our normal uniform expectations - blazers and ties back on

Please come along to the summer concert next Friday! Tickets still available through parent pay #summervibes #concert

The weather forecast on Wednesday is sun and a high of 27°. It is expected to get cooler on Thursday & Friday. On Wednesday, students have permission not to wear Blazers & Ties. All other uniform expectations must be followed. Please also remember to bring plenty of water to drink.

Don't forget that tomorrow, Tuesday 25th June, is the Scholar's Trust Staff Conference and that the school is closed to all students.

#classof2024 well done! You handled your exams brilliantly and it was a pleasure to have you all back today for the traditional shirt signing, bbq and farewell assembly. Go now and enjoy one of the longest summers of your life. To those joining us next year see you soon, to those not good luck and don’t be a stranger! #tradition #leaversday #bbq #aspire #essequamvideri

#nationalwritingday Our recent research in to Children and young people’s writing in 2024 found that: Fewer than 3 in 10 (28.7%) children and young people aged 8 to 18 say they enjoy writing in their free time - the lowest levels we’ve recorded. Only 1 in 9 (11.1%) children and young people told us that they wrote something daily in their free time, halving from last year. Of those who write in their free time once a month, 3 in 5 (59.1%) say they write to be creative, while half write to express their ideas and imagination (52.8%) or their thoughts and feelings (47.7%). Interestingly, while children’s enjoyment of writing at home is in decline, the opposite is true for their enjoyment of writing at school. More than half (53.6%) of children and young people enjoy the writing they do at school, a 22% uplift in the past year.

Yesterday we hosted our second ‘have you met?’ event. This time a group of our wonderful year 8 students created displays about themselves, inviting their teachers to come and learn a bit more about them. Thank you to all the parents and pets for getting involved too! #aspire

We had a genuine false alarm today and had to do a fire drill. Students and staff were, as always, brilliant but apologies if they are a little late leaving site

A huge thankyou to London Community Gospel Choir for providing a brilliant workshop with some our students and visitors from South Hill Primary #aspire

Our second mental health workshop for parents and carers takes place this Thursday (13th June) at 6pm. It will be run by our NHS Education Mental Health Practitioner Francesca Hammond. While Francesca will be covering a range of topics, she will be focusing in particular on sleep and social media. The workshop will take place onsite in room M8 (look out for signs when you arrive). We would love to see as many of you there as possible!

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And so it begins... Good luck everyone - we are so incredibly proud of you!