Junior Reflections Week 10 November 2025
Dear parents,
The weeks are flying past, and it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in the junior school, with carols being sung and the glitter and sequins starting to make an appearance, and not just at the disco.
The theme of the week was Challenge, one of our virtues, and we shared the importance of challenging yourself even when things get tough. Henry in Upper Two has taken on the challenge of learning to juggle and will perform in assembly next week and there is going to be a head-to-head between myself and Rev Close in a couple of weeks’ time. One pupil mentioned how cool it would be if I did flame juggling… mmmm, not sure there is a risk assessment to cover that one!
Our Upper Two pupils who took part in Comets Club this week had a fantastic time exploring the Sierpinski Triangle. Led by Mr Hall in the senior school, the children were fascinated to discover the relationships between the patterns and the number of triangles involved. They created their own fractals, never-ending patterns that repeat at any scale, and used colour to showcase their designs. They also learned about the Koch snowflake, another type of fractal, before being challenged to create the snowflake for themselves. Their designs look great, and they were intrigued to learn about the maths involved. Well done, Comets Club!
Thursday saw many new children welcomed to the school as they joined us for a school in action taster day. Our pupils, as always, embodied our virtue of welcome and serve and there were a lot of smiling faces as we returned our visitors to their parents at the end of the day.
As I write, our U11 hockey team are competing in the IAPS National Hockey finals in Haileybury, Hertfordshire. I await their results with keen anticipation; we have our fingers crossed for them and will report the outcome next week. Today, we also held our interviews for Mr Wood’s replacement as Deputy Head, and the candidates were blown away with our pupils and the school site. I will of course, keep you updated once a decision has been made.
