School News From the front line Life Before Lockdown The notion of school news seems very different when we look back over the last few months. It would be possible to think that having gone into lockdown in March 2020 that there would not be much to report, but there was most definitely a life before lockdown and the school was as lively as ever in 2019, as seen in these images. It was all happening at PF, including the whole-school production of Chicago, a debating contest, the annual Rock and Pop concert, House cross country, a hockey and netball tour to Malaysia and so much more - it would be hard to document it all!
Chicago 2019
Overcoming Challenges In the early stages of the lockdown and in true PF style, we battled through a week of learning online before the Easter holiday, then gathered together, debated, planned and started back in April 2020 with practically every element of school life online. Assemblies and tutor time saw the girls convene for pastoral catchups. Clubs and activities charged ahead with physical, mental and creative practical challenges and competitions each week. Well-being also being a key concern. Soon, the school email airways were buzzing with images of girls creating and achieving.
Third Form bonding
First Day of PF
One of our most important goals was to ensure that those girls due to sit public exams were occupied, academically engaged and still felt part of school life. To fill the gap left by the lack of exams we devised a series of step-up courses for both post GCSE and post A-level study. This allowed the girls the opportunity to do some highly satisfying in-depth research, involving digital presentations, dissertation-style essays and creative arts pieces.
A Team Effort Using Microsoft technology such as Teams, Streams and additional kit such as iPads and cameras, we taught, marked, had assembly, ran PE and Sports Day, clubs, charity initiatives and performed drama and music with over twelve productions making it onto our very own YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/priorsfieldtv We ran parents meetings via Zoom, had virtual Meet the Head events and even created our very own and very special virtual Speech Day. The Sixth Form leavers each submitted a video of themselves taking a virtual walk across the stage (in their gardens!) as they would during the real thing, dressed to impress, which was compiled into a wonderful video accompanied by our Jazz Band. 4
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Boarders' House Meeting
Speech Day 2020
