Dear parents and guardians
Keeping up momentum for new initiatives is always very challenging, especially when there are so many parts to our very rich learning experience. Sustainability and a focus on the UN Sustainability Goals is one such initiative. However, this has developed its own momentum with pupils, parents and staff all contributing ideas and, importantly, actions. Single-use plastics continue to be one of the most significant concerns. To further tackle this issue we are delighted to support the PTA who are selling reusable Dame Bradbury’s decorated bamboo cups.
I can envisage these distinctive cups gracing the coffee machines of Saffron Walden, Cambridge and further afield. I’d love to see some tweets of our cups in interesting coffee shops and cafes! Our eagle-eyed sustainability warriors have been on the lookout for other areas in which we can reduce our use of plastics, namely the drinking water on trips. This is a particularly valid observation and we will be asking all pupils from Kindergarten to Year 6 to provide their own drinking water bottle on trips. We can use large reusable water containers to fill up the bottles and this will save a significant use of small single-use bottles.
This week we held the last of our lunches for new parents, and it was great to welcome those parents to watch a lunch service and sample the fabulous food prepared by the ever-capable Jason and Margaret. Alongside parents’ evenings, literacy workshops and digital workshops we anticipate that this new learning environment is inspiring, challenging and welcoming for the children who have joined us this year. By the time we reach the end of the first half term, new pupils are no longer that; they stroll the through the school with confidence and in the midst of new friends, and our community is again well established and moving forward. It is at this point that we would continue to encourage you as parents, both established and new, to keep in touch with us; we want to know what is happening! The successes, the celebrations, any worries; so that we can share in those successes and tackle any niggles. Your child’s form teacher is always available by email, or drop by reception and Kate and her team will help.
At the end of this term we will be very sorry to say goodbye to Mrs Constable Maxwell who has worked at Dame B’s for over twelve years. Mrs Constable-Maxwell is off to spread her wings and embark on some exciting travelling. Not only will we miss her in the classroom and as a colleague but who else will be the prince in our poetry recital!
Kind regards
Tracy Handford
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