Headteacher’s Weekly News

Dear Parents, Thank you to everyone that came along to this week’s Welcome meetings. It is great to have your support in helping your child be prepared for their school day. Our first welcome back coffee morning was also another lovely opportunity to see lots of you and catch up on how your summer was….

Dear Parents What a super start to the term. So many happy faces came through the gate on Wednesday and it really brought the school to life. It was fantastic to be able to invite parents into the school once again after such a long time and the children were so pleased to show off…

Dear Parents Wow, what a show on Friday! The children were simply amazing and we were all so proud. They remembered their lines, songs and dances. They spoke and sang confidently and we could not have asked for more from them. They were all simply superstars. Herstmonceux House raised an impressive £112.74 on their summer…

Dear Parents Our Year 6 children headed out on Monday for our Year 6 Leavers Day. We began the day at the beach where we enjoyed an ice-cream together. Then we went to ‘Pier Pressure’ to try to crack the codes in their escape room, ‘Looting the Lanes’. The children worked together to solve puzzles…

Dear Parents What a joyous sound there was through the school as the children took part in their African Drumming workshops on Monday. It was a real treat to behold. We even all came together in the playground at the end of the day to dance, sing and play the drums. There was a playground…

Dear Parents Although a very rainy day, Year 3 had a great trip to Battle Abbey on Monday. They learnt more about the Battle of Hastings and were even able to re-enact some of the battle scenes. The rain did stop Year 2’s Teach on the Beach trip on Monday I’m afraid, but Year 4…

Dear Parents Thank you to everyone who was able to walk to school this week, even part of the way, it was good to make the children aware of the important issue of clean air and started some great discussions in school. Final House meetings were held on Monday when our House captains showed photos…

Dear Parents Welcome back to the last half term of this academic year. We hope you had a lovely half term holiday. We were so pleased to send Years 5 and 6 to Roedean for their sport this week. It feels like things are really getting back to normal. Year 4 will also be going…

Dear Parents We started the week with our Upper School singing assembly. We hope to return to whole school assemblies in September. This is a lovely opportunity to come together. Currently the children are practising lots of songs that they will be performing in their end of year show, Romeo and Juliet, which we are…

Dear Parents Year 1 headed out first thing on Monday to the Secret Garden. They enjoyed being out in the fresh air and were able to identify lots of plants, flowers and vegetables as well as learning about the pond habitat. This is such a fantastic resource to have on our doorstep. House meetings on…