Dear students and parents,
I do hope everybody experienced a peaceful, safe and productive break and can I take this opportunity to wish everybody a very happy New Year.
Although it is always a bit of a shock when returning to lessons after a break (for students, teachers and parents!), it is always so heartening to see how quickly everyone assimilates back into the familiar routines and we get back to our core business of looking after each other and making progress in our learning. There are so many examples of this in the newsletter with some super work being completed on rivers, clean drinking water, maps, 2D and 3D shapes, self portraits, and the spiral of theodorus.
It has been a delight to see some students and parents this week, collecting resources from the library, as well as our senior secondary artists who completed their art mocks and some of our examination with PE and music students.
I can confirm that we are going ahead with our plans for Phase 3.5 opening of the campus, commencing next Thursday and Friday. This will include our Year 11, 12 and 13 examination students sitting their mock examinations, our Early Years children attending for a limited time each day, along with an opportunity for all other students to participate in some PE/games lessons. We have been working meticulously to provide these opportunities in a safe and secure environment. In order for this and subsequent phases of campus opening to be safe and successful, it is absolutely imperative that all guidelines and risk assessments are understood and followed by everyone. On Monday, we will be holding a parents meeting where I will go through these guidelines and we will also outline what Phase 3.5 and Phase 3 will actually look like in practice. The meeting will start at 5 pm and the link can be found here. Homework for the meeting will be to read through the whole school guidelines and risk assessment (please note down any questions and ask them at the meeting). On Monday we will also release further details and schedules for the provision of PE during Phase 3.5 and more granular guidelines for the primary and secondary sections of the school when we hopefully enter Phase 3 on the 1st February.
Have a lovely weekend, please stay safe and I look forward to seeing all parents on Monday’s Zoom session.
Teacher of the Week – 
The Year 1 students are learning about 2D shapes and 3D shapes, that some shapes are flat and some shapes are fat. They went on a 3D shape hunt and found lots of items at home. 
Amayah had very exciting holiday news: her baby brother was born. Congratulations to Amayah and her family!
Although we have only been back for a week, there has been no let up on the standard of work that is being produced. In Year 9 Maths, the students have been looking into the ‘Spiral of Theodorus’. The spiral is composed of right angles, placed edge to edge and was named after Theodorus of Cyrene. They were tasked with creating their own spirals and doing some creative mathematical colouring over the break. Some of the results were fantastic!
Our student of the week goes to Raghavi in Year 8. Before we broke up we saw the amazing performing arts assembly put on by the whole TBS community. Raghavi was one of the students that was selected to present and perform in the performing arts assembly. She spoke eloquently and in a very confident manner which was fantastic to see. Her performance was amazing, which involved her playing the piano and singing. Well done Raghavi on such an amazing performance and presentation!
This week’s student of the week (for the last week of last term) is Anton. 
Year 12 students should take every opportunity to find out about the university process from their Y13 classmates. I will be sharing opportunities for virtual university events when they are shared with me – so look out in your inboxes! 
Ritu Samuel is our student of the week. 
