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Dear Parents/Carers I have written separately to parents in relation to the p2 Wellbeing matters current situation. However, we felt that it was appropriate to share with you some p3 Creative RE of the events of this term as usual in our half termly p4 Oscar wins votes! newsletter. HIGHLIGHTS
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Charitable Giving Thank you to all pupils for your continued support for p6 MFL Film Club others. Our non-uniform day this term has helped to p7 Dancing dreams support Sport Relief, raising over £1,400 for this charity. p8 Marvellous Max We have held another of p9 Magnificent Megan our Fairtrade Cafés this half term and pupil and staff enthusiasm for World Book p10 Netball news Day was incredible. We were overwhelmed by supP11 Hampton Court port from parents, carers and friends sponsoring our p12 Maths Challenge Year 7s who have raised more than £2,000 for the p13 Fundraising and Readathon! Thank you for Awards the wonderful support you give your sons and daughters, your generosity and for your encouragement for their fund raising, so vital in enabling them to demonstrate Christian love in action and service to others.
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young people. Further information about the selection and interview process together with that of our other Senior Leader positions will be available when we return to school. Staff We are delighted to announce our Data Manager, Mrs Elisabeth Lever, has given birth to a baby boy, Benjamin James. We wish her and husband Mark all the best in their family life together. We look forward to the return of Mrs Jessica Smith following her maternity leave and welcome her back to the English department.
newsletter, with our pupils showing their amazing talents and commitment to the wider life of school. Involvement really does help to enrich the whole learning experience at St Michael’s, promoting Year 11 growth in body, mind and We were extremely sorry to spirit. Please do continue to say such an abrupt farewell keep in touch with events to our Year 11 pupils. They and news updates via our have been an outstanding website and Twitter feed. group of young people who have shown nothing but May I wish you all a happy commitment and dedication and blessed Easter and ask to life at school. We do for your continued prayers, intend, as mentioned in my not just for the health and previous letter to Year 11, ultimately safe return of our to do all we can to properly St Michael’s community, but recognise their achievefor all those throughout the ments. Although we are, as world who have been affectyet, unable to make firm ed by Coronavirus, for the Student Leadership plans for the future, we will medical profession, and the Thank you to Year 10 pupils strive to provide them with leaders of our nations. who have been motivated the same opportunities to to apply to represent the celebrate as previous years. Yours sincerely school in the role of prefect next year and those pupils Although we find ourselves who have applied to be in unusual times, we still Head Boy or Head Girl. It is have so much to be thanka great privilege to be able ful for. In spite of closing Mrs Jayne Jenks to read so many wonderful school two weeks prema- Headteacher letters of application exturely there have been pressing what St Michael’s many varied and exciting means to so many of our events highlighted in the