Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends
So the hour rolled forward on Mothers’ day, what a mean joke that was. I don’t know about you but I spent Sunday chasing my tail, wondering why I was running out of time!
The advantage of course, is the lovely lighter evenings and with the warmer weather of late, it does feel like summer. It is lovely to see the girls out on the field at break and lunch at last, some playing games and running around and others chatting in groups, basking in the sun.
We have had a very busy end to this term as usual, with the PE department coming back victorious from sporting events last week.
Mrs Bolton’s basketball team won the Under 15 Berkshire Basketball Championships for the second year in a row after a great performance and team effort………
Miss Harris also arranged for a former student, Chloe Brooks to come into school and speak to our charity prefects about her latest venture. Chloe was incredibly inspiring as she described her training for the “Marathon-des-sables” that she will be running for the charity Hope for Children.
The Marathon-des-sables is a six-day, 251 km ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The longest single stage is 91 km long. This multiday race is held every year in southern Morocco, in the Sahara Desert and I am not surprised it to hear it has been called the toughest foot race on Earth! It certainly sounds it!
We wish Chloe all the best, we are incredibly proud of her. If you would like to track her progress and send Chloe messages of encouragement over the course of the event from the 7th-12th of April then you can do so using the link; http://www.marathondessables.com/en/marathon-des-sables
Her full name is Chloe Brooks and her race number is 401. Good luck to Chloe. We are looking forward to hearing all about her run when she comes back.
Last week, we said a big “Thank You” to our Year 13 prefects for all their hard work over the last year. The prefect system is such a strength of our school and really embodies our vision of students working across the age groups to get things done and have a voice through student council. This year, prefects have run subject clubs, led subject and House assemblies, arranged numerous charity events, worked in teams for sports day and the Christmas Fayre, helped with House dance and generally assisted members of staff to help enable all the clubs, competitions and events to run. We couldn’t do it without them!
Over the weekend, Mrs Williams then rushed off along with Mr Gray and the group of students going on this summer’s expedition to the Philippines for their training weekend in preparation for their trip in July. It was a good job the weather was warm, as they had to build a camp to sleep in! I think they all passed the training course luckily! Thanks Mrs Williams and Mr Gray!
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