19 March 2021 – Issue 9
HEAD’S
WEEKLY REVIEW
A fab location for a spot of evening skate
Head’s Introduction
The highlight of the week was our outstanding Headmaster’s Lecture given by Sarah Jenkins on Wednesday evening. Hers was the first in a series of termly lectures, which are intended to bring together the students, staff, parents, ORs, and Roedean Academy students. The lectures also have a charitable purpose, and we hope that donations can be used to support good causes. Sarah’s engaging, honest appraisal of her own story, and how to work with our own inner demons, could not have been more engaging and impactful. She is Managing Director of Saatchi and Saatchi London, and I would recommend watching her talk via the website, or by following the link in this review – it was truly inspiring. After processing over 6000 tests in School, the testing centre closed its doors today. It has run incredibly smoothly and efficiently, but everyone in our community will be doing home-testing from now onwards. I would like to congratulate and thank the testing team for their outstanding work during the period – the work requires a thorough approach, but this has to be matched with a warm and supportive manner, and the whole team achieved this. Thank you.
I would like to congratulate Year 11 and 13 for their positive approach to their assessments this week and next, and to all my colleagues who are supporting them. I am also delighted to read that a large group of girls in Year 12 are taking a number of opportunities to challenge themselves academically, by entering national essay competitions and registering for Cambridge masterclasses.
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Cricket in the sunshine
It is great to see the girls playing sport in the sunshine down on the fields, and there are also lots of lovely musical performances in the virtual recital, which has come out this week – congratulations to the Music Department for their work on this. We have also been very aware, as a School, of the tragic murder of Sarah Everard in the UK, and of eight people in Atlanta, USA. We currently only know the names Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan and Delaina Ashley Yaun. More than ever, as a community, we must support each other and stand together against crimes of hate against women and against people because of their race or ethnicity. We will be holding a memorial in Chapel next week, and will be holding a minute’s silence for the victims in our Final Chapel.
A truly inspirational lecture by Sarah Jenkins
What a location!