Head Teacher's Blog

This week’s winners! 

The new mats in Reception Class and Years 1 and 2 look great and no arguing over who sits where! If your child comes home saying they are a tiger sitting next to a giraffe, you'll know what they mean.

Happy New Year! We WON'T be adding parachuting to the school curriculum but, as always, there will be lots of exciting challenges in the Spring Term. Hope you've had a good start to 2020 - we look forward to your continued support.

What a great way to end the year! Half a dozen of the finest guests in the Northern Hemisphere...Well done to last week's Star Award winners. Merry Christmas!

Members of the school choir spent this morning entertaining patients and staff at Bolton Hospital. They sang on several wards and even received a standing ovation after performing in the boardroom!

I spotted a VIP on the walking bus this morning. It can't be. Can it?

Some more pupils from Year 5 - also quite rightly proud of their art and design work in the style of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Well done!

Pupils from Year 5 came to my office this morning to show me their art and design work in the style of Yoyoi Kusama - a female Japanese artist. Very impressive!

Christmas Dinner this year was THE BEST EVER - courtesy of Andrea and Pauline, ably assisted by Miss Clegg 1 and Miss Clegg 2 (but not necessarily in that order).

Staff have been busy this morning preparing the dining hall for Christmas Lunch and they've done a brilliant job!   A BIG thank you to everyone who has helped.

This is just a small selection of your donations to our 'Mission Christmas' appeal. Once again, your generosity means that across the region, underprivileged children will be waking up to a morning filled with presents that their parents wouldn't be able to provide. THANK YOU!

A very special card from a very special friend of St Stephen's arrived on Friday. Some years ago, following a break-in at school, Cyril read about the theft of school resources and generously made a donation towards their replacement. Since then, he has maintained contact, often making donations…