SENIOR SCHOOL UPDATE
A word from the head...
Weexpectedthetermtobeginwiththenoiseofjoyouspupilsratherthanthunder,butithas been great to welcome your children back. While the site will still feel confusing for our newest pupils, I trust they have felt reassured that there is always a friendly face to point them in the right direction Our new Year 7 certainly seemed to make the most of our lunchtimeco-curricularfairtoday.
Thankyouoryourkindfeedbackonmymoviemakingskills Idonotplantogiveuptheday job yet! The list of enhancements was too long to include everything, but you may also be interestedtonoteournewcapacitytosign-invisitorsdigitallyandtosecureexternaldoors remotely; just two of our many fresh steps taken to safeguard pupils Elsewhere, we are anticipatinganinspectionfromISI(theindependentsector’sequivalentofOFSTED)sooner rather than later and we look forward to showing our amazing school to the inspectors wheneverthecallcomes
MrJelleyhasnowtakenuptheroleofjuniorschoolhead,andIknowheisenjoyingmeeting our younger children and their families Matthew’s arrival is a massive step in our aim to makethemostofaoneschooljourneyforourpupils
My thanks to all those who attended last night’s lovely prize winners’ event and congratulations to all those who were awarded a prize this year Our speaker (former head girl, Christina Dixon) inspired us with her journey from Claremont to an environmental campaigning career, working on policy at the highest political level. It was fantastic to hear thatClaremont’sethosandvaluesinspiredhercareerandlife
WilliamBrierly
Key dates for week commencing 9 September
Saturday7September
Heritageopenday-clickhereforinformation
Monday9September(530-615pm)
Meetthetutorandheadofhouseevents
Aninformalopportunitytomeetyourchild’stutorandhearfromtheirheadofhouse
Pleasecometothefollowinglocationsdependingonyourchild’shouse:
Banstead–newdiningroom
Esher–GreatRoom
Longcross–StableCourthall
Norwood–Sixthformcentre
Monday 9 September (6 15-7 00pm)
Radnor – Gymnasium (enter via sports hall)
Stanmore – JGC
Sixth form – Sports hall
**Pupils not expected to attend**
Year 8 parent information event – Great room
Year 10 parent information event – new dining hall
Lower sixth parent information event – JGC
**Pupils not expected to attend**
Thursday 12 September (8 30am)
Friends of Claremont coffee morning for parents of children in Year 7, 8 and 9.
A chance to meet the Friends of Claremont team, together with the head and other key staff in the new dining room
Friday 13 September (8 45am – later start due to assembly)
Friends of Claremont coffee morning for parents of children in Year 10, 11 and sixth form
A change to meet the Friends of Claremont team, together with the head and other key staff in the Great room, mansion.
Key dates for next week cont...
Saturday 14 September (9 00am-1 00pm)
Whole school open morning
Finance update
TUCK
Senior school pupils have the opportunity to purchase tuck at morning break using a cashless system called iPay www ipayimpact co uk
To do this, parents initially need to sign up for an iPay account All new senior school parents should have received an email with an activation code and instructions Once iPay is activated, parents can add funds to their child's account Please contact Suzanne Raymond by email sraymond@claremont.surrey.sch.uk if you need assistance with this
FEE INVOICES
The school has updated its invoicing software. Invoices now come from claremontfan@mail.schoolbase.online. We recommend saving this address as a safe sender to avoid invoices being flagged as spam.
If you have not received your Autumn term invoice please contact Anthea Butler by email abutler@claremont surrey sch uk
Co-curricular fair
At lunchtime today, senior school pupils were invited to the co-curricular fair to see what is offer this term The sports hall buzzed with excitement as students navigated the different stalls and spoke to teachers about the different clubs on offer Each child was given a Claremont pencil and a postcard, encouraging them to ‘be limitless in potential’ and to note down the activities they are interested in attending Please feel free to ask your children to show you these postcards to discuss their choices and the handy QR code on the front directs you to the cocurricular webpage where you can access the club list for this term
Mrs J James (asst head, co-curricular)
