Stanborough welcomed a group of ex-students after a very long break! The group of students, who all left in 1955, came to look around their old school. It was wonderful to receive the letter of thanks from the ex-students.

“Just to say a big thank you to you and your team for yesterday’s visit. We had a brilliant time and we’re most impressed with what we saw, how times have changed. We went into a number of classrooms of different age groups and all the students answered with a smile, not your normal teenage grunt. Everywhere we went had a very calm atmosphere and the diversity in the learning that you offer compared to our day is amazing.”

Headteacher’s commendations for this week are:

Year 7: Tahlia Wornham for outstanding approach to transition and outstanding effort in all lessons;
Year 8: Arran McConnell for using commendable initiative by administering first aid to a distressed student during Run for Stanborough;
Year 9: Kaitlyn Batchelor for outstanding attitude to learning in all subject areas.;
Year 10: Alfie Butler for significant improvement in work ethic from last year;
Year 11: Joshua Long and Jack Hamer for outstanding contribution in raising money for charity;
Year 12: Jasmine Tarry for representing Britain in an international Horseball competition and excellence in assisting on Open Morning;
Year 13: Alex Baxter for outstanding leadership demonstrated on Open Evening and Run for Stanborough.

Quote of the week:

Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Best wishes
Mrs John

It was wonderful to meet the students who secured the new Headteacher commendation awards. A student from each of the Year groups will be selected to get this prestigious award on a weekly basis. Well done to our first award winners – Maggie Moylan (Yr.7), Keira Joyce (Yr.8), Abigail Cannon (Yr.9), Millie Neighbour (Yr.10), Ruth Morgan (Yr.11), Pia Joyce (Yr.12) and Tanya Enerst (Yr. 13).

It was wonderful to open our doors to a record number of Year 5 and 6 students and parents for last night’s Open Evening. Our students were true ambassadors to the school and talked so confidently about the journey they have been on here at Stanborough. I received many positive messages and emails from the families.

“Just wanted to say thank you for opening the doors of your school tonight to what I thought was a fantastic evening. Having been a teacher for 18 years, and being involved in many open evenings myself, I fully appreciate the amount of work and effort that you, your staff and pupils put in to running such an event. I was very impressed with the talks in the school hall and may I add how well all of the 4 pupils delivered their speeches. The choir were uplifting and it was lovely to see a range of age groups working collaboratively. The classrooms were a hive of activity and my daughter came away excited at the prospect of what she will be learning at Stanborough. The staff were very approachable and were keen to answer any questions I had. The pupils genuinely seemed to enjoy being at school and being part of the Stanborough community.”

Thank you once again to all our students for making the evening so special. Thank you also to our great speakers – Head Boy – Alex, Head Girl – Caitlin, Aimee, Ben, Poppy and Sam. I truly appreciated your support!

Quote of the week:

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou

Wishing you a restful weekend and continue to make others feel special.
Best wishes.
Mrs John