Headlines By James Saunders 14th December 2018
As I reflect back on the term at some of the amazingly inspiring things that have happened at Honywood I feel an immense sense of pride. Our learners and our community are great. We began with the sponsored walk and ended with a spectacular display of talent and collaboration at our Christmas Concert. These are the things that brought me to Honywood in the first place and have certainly made my job so enjoyable. What links these two events is the spirit of collaboration and altruism. Without a collaborative and altruistic approach so many things are almost impossible to achieve. When I have seen the school working at its best this term it has been as a result of partnerships, of groups working together, of mutual support and respect, of people giving up their time, and of collaboration.
This week I met with the leadership team to flesh out our curriculum plans for September 2019. I am currently putting these together to share with staff when we return in January and will be providing you with updates on this in the new year. I know that these plans will not be possible if we do not collaborate together as one. It has been a real pleasure leading the school this term Please don’t forget we will be finishing early next Wednesday to begin the holiday period. I wish you a happy holiday. All the Best. James Saunders Congratulations
We have introduced many changes at Honywood and we will be introducing others. Some of these are difficult to achieve and it is only when we collaborate as a community and work in partnership that we will move things forward for the benefit of our learners. Altruism takes effort and I would like to thank you all: learners, staff, parents, and volunteers for continuing to freely give up that most precious commodity, time, in order to support the school in its journey.
To: Bradley Barclay 8CTH who completed and passed his level 2 food safety and hygiene course this week. He is now able to work in our kitchen. We are very proud of his achievement. Well done Bradley.
Whatever your beliefs or view of Christmas, the one thing the period does do for us all is provide time: time for families; time for loved ones, time to reflect and think, time to be altruistic toward others, time. However you choose to mark your time over the next few weeks I would like to encourage you to embrace it.
To: Charlie Day 10TGi, Ross Jordan 10LBr, Freddie Machin 10KCo, Evie Plumridge 10KBr, Harry Ratcliffe 10AMc, Scarlett Rose 10CHa, Ellie Tames 10JWi, Caterina Taylor 10Cha and Mrs Frogley who, this week, went to Christ Church in Coggeshall to serve Christmas Dinner to elderly members of our community. They were fantastic ambassadors for our school, helpful, polite and worked very hard!
As we approach the end of the year I have already been making preparations for next September. As we have developed the school we have been listening to feedback from learners, parents and staff.
To: Lizzie Grinter 11MRa who passed her Grade 5 Piano with Merit this month. Well done Lizzie! Thanks