As we come to the end of a full half term of remote schooling, I continue to be delighted by the quality and high standard of work that all our students have been producing. I am regularly emailed by many proud staff sharing a selection of these excellent pieces.
As we approach the end of this very unusual half term, I am writing to express my thanks for your continued support in all we have been doing over the past weeks. I know from so many positive comments that you have found the remote learning activities have worked very well for your children. We continue to welcome any suggestions you have about further learning opportunities, so that we can continue to be effective partners in your children’s education.
I continue to be bowled over by the quality and high standard of work that all our pupils have been producing. I have heard from many proud primary staff who have shared some of these wonderful pieces. It is wonderful to see such creativity, imagination, curiosity and love of learning from our pupils. This success is due to the combined efforts of our dedicated staff and our supportive parents, ensuring that the children are achieving impressive strides in their learning.
Today would have been U6’s last formal day in school. It is indeed sad times that we are not able to be together and enjoy many of the traditions that normally occur over their last few weeks. In the Queen’s recent address, she referred to Dame Vera Lynn’s now famous song ‘We'll Meet Again'. I will remind you of some of the words: We'll meet again, Don't know where, don't know when, But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day. Keep smiling through, Just like you always do, Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds, far away.
I do hope you have an opportunity to enjoy family time this weekend. It’s not quite the VE Day celebrations we had envisaged, but I am sure there will be some creative ideas amongst the Derby High community to commemorate May 8th 1945. Please don’t forget to send us your photos!
The Maths Department appear to have an infinite number of problems for us to solve. Although it’s over twenty years since I sat A level Maths, I am thoroughly enjoying working through them as they appear on Twitter on a daily basis. Well done to Mr Dodson and his team for setting students (and parents) these challenges!
We have been hugely impressed with the outstanding work being submitted to teachers, showing a tremendous academic curiosity and love of learning. Please keep sending in photos and videos of what you are doing! For those of you who are fans of Star Wars, Monday is a special day. If any of you are planning to do, or create, anything special to celebrate, please let us know.
We have been hugely impressed with the outstanding work being submitted to teachers, showing a tremendous academic curiosity and love of learning. Please keep sending in photos and videos of what you are doing! I loved the Tweets this week from the Maths Department about their “virtual” trip to Bletchley Park. It made me (almost) feel we were actually there! I particularly enjoyed the inevitable visit to the Gift Shop. It was lovely to receive a response from Bletchley Park thanking us for our visit and hoping to see us again soon!
