Issue 3
Spring Term
23rd January 2026
Dear Parents, What a delight it was to commence the week with Wintershall actors, completely in character, performing the stories of the prodigal son and the woman who washed Jesus’ feet. Both scenes fit well with our RE curriculum for Year 5 and 6, and it is more poignant to reflect on the story when it is lived out before you. Needless to say, Year 6 are now looking forward to meeting the actors again when they attend ‘The Life of Christ’ in June. On Tuesday, Mrs Ridulfa led a fun assembly looking at all the days that were being commemorated on that day (as she does every day with her own class). The girls learned about: National Cheese Lovers Day; Penguin Awareness Day; National Coffee Break Day and Take A Walk Outdoors Day – if you are keen to explore more days – like today, National Pie Day, follow the link here: National Holidays on January 23rd, 2026 | Days Of The Year Year 6 are well underway with their business plans and ideas in their teams for LifeLab and we have exciting news that the four judges for this year’s Perfect Pitch have been finalised. We are looking forward to seeing the result of their efforts in the entrepreneurial fair on the 20th March. And today, our very excited Young Voices choir embarked on their trip to the O2 arena in London for delightful afternoon and late evening of song and entertainment. We look forward to hearing how it all went. Next week, we invite Year 5 parents into school first thing on Wednesday morning for their Open Book event, where you can spend time perusing your daughter’s learning with her proudly pointing out and explaining her favourite and best pieces of work. And somehow, by the end of the week, we will be at the end of January already! On that note I leave you with the wisdom of Lao Tzu: ‘Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.’ Whatever you have been holding back on that you wanted to do this year – this weekend is the time. Have an awesome weekend, Gareth Tindall