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Dear Parents and Caregivers, The beginning of a year brings with it many different emotions in a school environment. There are invariably some anxieties, as the students slot into their new classes, get to know their teachers and possibly also some new friends, and get used to the routines of school life once again. This is all the more pronounced for those who are starting at the school for the first time, which can be quite a daunting experience. However, the start of a new year also opens the door to many opportunities, one of which is to build on the academic successes of the past – and to polish those areas which still need work. Over the years, researchers have reminded us that setting lofty, often unattainable goals is a self-defeating exercise. Rather, we should take small incremental steps in the right direction, and before we know it we might well have surpassed anything we thought possible. We hope that this will be the case for the students during the course of this year. A number of them might have struggled with the artificial situation forced on us by the pandemic over the past couple of years, and it may well take them some time to adjust to the routines of a normal day. Others might have one or two subjects which are a constant bugbear – perhaps this year will finally bring a breakthrough in understanding. Whatever the results of the past may have been, starting a new year gives all our students the opportunity to begin afresh, with a clean slate. We hope that from the first cycle test, or from the first essay which needs to be submitted, or the first project to be completed, they will approach these with renewed vigour and focus. Because all assessments are part of a cumulative whole, the students have the opportunity to bank successes along the way, from the smallest class tests to their mid-year and final exams. Lest we forget, we all make mistakes, and the The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter
Volume 33 Issue 41 Friday 11th February 2022
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