Head’s Weekly Newsletter Issue 27, 5 April 2019 Mrs Ania Hildrey, Headteacher,
[email protected] Dear Students, Families, Colleagues and Friends, Welcome to the last issue of this term’s Head’s Weekly Newsletter. As we end this term, we begin Easter Holidays. Easter, whilst not celebrated as ostentatiously as Christmas, is in fact, the most important festival in Christianity. According to the Bible, Jesus' death was a sacrifice for the sins of others, but his resurrection represents something even more powerful: the potential for rebirth, salvation, and renewal of faith. It is that sense of new beginning that drives the symbolic representation of Easter as celebrated in schools and popular, often non-religious culture: Easter eggs, baby chicks and bunnies symbolise new life, new way forward, new hope for the brighter future. As the world around us continues to present us with challenges, it is good to hold onto such symbols – religious or simply linked to nature and the cycle of life – to normalise change as an integral part of life. Our school has demonstrated just that this week: a bit of reflection, a touch of sadness at the changes associated with the time passing and people leaving our school, made better by and a healthy dose of appreciation for the journey we are on, and the optimism for the future. I thank you all for your hard work this week and this whole term – it has been a short but intensive one! The next one will come in no time at all and it will prove to be brilliant, no doubt.