Dear Parents & Carers

Welcome back

We have had a good start to the Summer term and students have already taken part in many activities, many supporting one another as with the Year 11 PE Assessments this week.

Exams

As you will know, we only have three weeks until the beginning of the GCSE exams and Year 11 preparation and revision is happening. Teachers are putting on many revision sessions and I would ask all Year 11 parents to encourage their son/daughter to attend as much as they can, so we can support them over the next few weeks.

Strike Days

You will also be aware of the strike days, next Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May 2023.  Despite this, we are doing our upmost to ensure Year 11 are taught as much as possible.  The plan is that all students will receive online work on Thursday – Year 11 teachers will make sure this relates to where they are in their course and it may be paper and/or online.
The school will be closed for all students.

On Tuesday 2 May – Year 11 only will be in school for their lessons and I would ask that all do attend.  The school will be closed for Years 7-10.

Summer Uniform

Students may wear Summer uniform as from Monday 5 June.  Please find our uniform list on the school website – https://bourne.org.uk/uniform/

Other News

We have just been awarded our Bronze Autism Awareness Award.

Mr Davidson, Assistant Leader of PE, will be running in the London Marathon this weekend and we wish him lots of luck.

Our new Head teacher, Mrs Aparna Sharma, will take over formally as Head in June.  I will work with her in June for a transitional phase.  I know she is very excited and looking forward to meeting many of you in due course.

Have a great weekend

Yvonne Watkins
Head teacher