Community, Creativity, and Leadership
This week saw the culmination of our Black History Month activities. We have an all-year-round approach to celebrating the diversity in our community, and our curriculum is global by design. However, national and international themed days, weeks and months can help provide a platform to spotlight particular topics. This year the BHM theme is ‘Honouring our Communities’, which resonates well with our ethos. You may recall that over the past two years, Prep families have been contributing to our anthology ‘In Our Own Words’. Again this year, children and their families are invited to send in their submissions. It is a wonderful testament to the many interesting narratives in our School.
Click here for our Black History Month In Our Own Words anthology
Across this week, there have been a range of activities culminating in a pupil-led assembly:
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Our pupil-led assembly was a powerful, joyful celebration of who we are, where we come from, and the history that shapes us. Over 30 passionate pupils stepped up to volunteer, taking the stage as confident, courageous communicators to share the pivotal story of the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott. Alongside this inspiring history, our speakers spoke openly and proudly about their own family traditions and cultural heritage, captivating the room and bringing our school’s rich diversity to life.
Connecting big historical moments to our everyday school family helps our children understand core values like fairness, equality, and equity in a deeply tangible way. By standing up so proudly to celebrate their roots, our pupils were living demonstrations of what it means to be caring and open-minded – reminding us just how special this community is, and how bright the future looks when our children lead the way.
Click here for our Black History Month School Notices
This week, I held the first official meeting with the Key Stage 2 School Councillors. Congratulations to Anaya, Kieran, Isabelle, Theo (Year 3), Charisse, Sadie, Raymond, Aisha, Diyaani (Year 4), Idris, Arthur, Alexandra, Edward (Year 5), Freddie, Mikael, Michelle and Bisi (Year 6).
After the half-term, they will have their leadership training with some of our Senior School Praes. Following this, we can get stuck into their first mission. They will be leading the decision-making on rewilding areas of the School site, bringing more nature and wildlife into our environment.
Last week’s Harvest celebrations saw an incredible amount of donations come in from our Prep families. Brentwood Foodbank has calculated that we donated 825.6kg which is 200kg more than last year. This food will provide more than 2000 meals for those in need in Brentwood.
To end with some beautiful artwork, last week I wrote about the Year 2 project collecting broken toys from home and creating new art from them. Here is one of the finished articles, a stunning elephant.
