April 29th 2016
The 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare provided the theme for my Monday assembly this week – the aim being to expose the boys to the wonderful and colourful language used by the Bard. It is not every day that boys are encouraged to hurl insults at each other in a public forum, but this was exactly the task that I gave to Hugo Carr and James Head! With the whole school and staff watching on, Hugo delivered his favourite line, which came from Henry IV Part II: “You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe!” Not to be outdone James responded with: “There’s no more faith in thee than a stewed prune!”(Henry V). However, Hugo had the final say with a line which resonates with all prep school boys: “Thou cream-faced loon.”(Macbeth)
I hope parents have found the new website useful, and are finding it easy to navigate their way around the mass of school information which it houses. In particular, I know that for many parents it is the sports website which is visited most frequently. I recently discovered a very useful tool on this when viewing on a desktop screen, by which all team sheets for a particular day can be displayed simultaneously on one screen. If you bring up the fixtures for a specific day, and then click on the icon “Today’s Teams”, all team sheets are listed – this is particularly useful if you’re searching for multiple children!
Following the launch of this Weekly Round Up, you can also now expect a new Week Ahead version in similar style. The Week Ahead will carry notices and letters from staff, reminders, a brief overview of upcoming fixtures, with links through to the online calendar and sports website. The main aim is to reduce the number of separate emails being sent to parents, so that only urgent emails are sent out from the office over and above this weekly mailing. Both the Weekly Round Up and the Week Ahead will be sent out separately on Fridays.
Have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend!
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