15 SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2026 As promised in the last newsletter, we held our Summer Literacy Week at the end of June and what a week it was. Our students were spoilt for choice with daily activities in the library which included giant wizards’ chess, wordle, a 100-word saga competition and the Scholastic book fair. The library was a hive of activity at break and lunch times. Thank you to everyone who bought something from the book fair because a percentage of what we spend is issued back to us as vouchers so we can buy more books for the library. Also, during this week, we had a ‘dress as a word’ day where staff dressed up as a word and then students had to go on a hunt to find which words staff were dressed up as. The MFL department was a mixture of emotions; Mrs Rigby was tired out by it all but Mr Hughes didn’t even try; Mrs Allsop shone brightly but Miss Stones was not in the same mood; and, speaking of bright, there seemed to be some competition between Mrs Harrison- Scott’s pants, Miss Whittle’s flowers and Mr Foster’s neon pink tutu! If that wasn’t enough, we had other events running throughout the week. MFL took us on a journey around the world with their literacy quiz. Well done to our winners who received a prize for getting the most answers correct! On Thursday, we had the pavement poet, Tom Stocks, in school delivering poetry workshops which ended in groups writing their poems in chalk around school. Year 6 were even lucky enough to hear him deliver a talk in chapel that had everyone on their feet! Finally, we ended our week with ‘Beaches and Books’ which involved KS3 students bringing their favourite book to the chaplaincy garden, after school. As students shared extracts from their favourite books, we were transported into worlds which made us laugh, ponder or had us on the edge of our seats! It was a wonderful way to end the week by remembering the core aim of literacy week: to foster a love of reading.
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