Passing the Baton

We are so grateful to Meg Lowe for her tremendous commitment, leading the HCA over the past two years.  She has given so much time and energy supporting the Heritage community which in turn makes Heritage such a special place.  

Meg says “Heritage is a really special community.  I’ve really loved being so involved with the HCA, and look forward to continuing to being part of it for many years to come!”

We are thrilled to hear that Rachel Bruins and Ellie Stoneley will be stepping up as Co-Chairs from September and look forward to supporting them as they gather together a new committee and a team of Class Reps to keep the cake sales, coffee mornings, welcome events, and the fundraising going. 

If you would like to be part of this please contact HCA@heritageschool.org.uk

Ellie says “I am really proud and excited to be co-chairing the HCA this coming year, particularly with someone as organised and intuitive as Rachel. I think our skill sets are very different and will work well together. I feel so grateful for the wonderful community at Heritage and really look forward to building on this, particularly through these challenging times, whilst raising funds for the school and also for Amazing Grace school in Uganda.

 

Welcome Back

We are so pleased to welcome 93 Infant and Junior pupils back into school today.  There may have been some nerves on arrival at the various entry points after such a long break, but these quickly dissipated once classes were reunited and settled back into their various classroom routines.

Staff have done an amazing logistical exercise working out how to move the children in their bubbles, around the school and the playground, with all the necessary safety measures in place.

Mr Fletcher, the Headmaster says ‘We are so pleased to be able to welcome back more pupils today, to see them constructively engaged in lessons and to hear lots of noise from the playground! I want to thank our parents for their support throughout the lockdown and, now, as it starts to lift – adapting to so much change and embracing new systems to keep us all safe.’

We are still providing our Learning at Home curriculum for those who cannot attend school, and for our Senior School, but we very much hope that we will be able to welcome them back too, in the not too distant future.

 

The Great Moth Challenge

The Nature Challenge’s continue, and this past week, involved using a sheet, a torch and a washing line to create a light trap, to see how many moths and varieties of moth you could attract in one evening.  We received some wonderful photographs and pictures carefully identified and labelled.   Thank you to all those who took part.

 

Philosophical, Critical & Creative Thinkers

Further to the cancellation of all public exams, Heritage has created a bespoke online programme of further study for our Y11 leavers.  With a shift in focus now to their A levels, the aim of the programme, (which started this week) is to help prepare pupils as independent thinkers. 

In addition to subject specific classes there are whole class sessions on ‘Thinking Philosophically, Critically and Creatively’. 

In addition to our senior school staff, Mr Fletcher and Dr Polly Ha will be delivering these sessions.  We are particularly grateful to Dr Ha for her contribution as she leads two seminars on Thinking Creatively.  Dr Ha has taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Southern California, and East Anglia. She has also developed and taught ‘New Smart Life’ seminars to secondary students across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. She is an award winning academic, the author and editor of four volumes, and has a particular interest in studying ‘Rapid Historical Change’.

We hope that this course will provide a stimulating end to Year 11, inspite of all the interruptions they have so bravely had to overcome.

(The photograph shown was taken prior to lockdown.)

Nature Photography Challenge

With nature giving us her very best during this lock down, pupils were asked as their 3rd Nature Challenge to capture a stunning photograph of a flower or a tree, either from the garden or on their daily walk.  We received so many beautiful pictures a few of which are shown below. Many congratulations to all our budding photographers.