27th June 2025
HEADLINES
By James Saunders
INTAKE DAYS Our newest cohort of learners have just completed their first two taster days with us. The days have been filled with a variety of activities to give them a really enjoyable experience and to begin to create a sense of belonging to our Honywood community. On Thursday they got to meet their cohort leader Ms Ward, their learning group leader, and me! They explored the school and got to grips with our ethos, which included learning about our core values of Trust, Respect, Equity and Excellence. By the end of day one, the learners were feeling more confident in talking to each other, both in small groups and as a whole class. They made a great start in moving around the school and mixing a little with the older learners. Thank you to all the families who took time to share feedback with us. Day two was about experiencing the classroom. Each learning group got to have a taster of a range of subjects, which included: PE, Science, Maths and Expressive Arts. I thoroughly enjoyed popping into their lessons and seeing how engaged they all were. After a wave of emotion and apprehension I think that all in all, the learners had a thoroughly good time. I hope they are looking forward to starting here in September! A big thank you to the lovely group of current learners taken from across the school who supported the learning groups through each of the activities. They were super efficient and helped make the youngsters feel at ease. I have received many compliments from the C6’s themselves about how lovely their helpers were. Their input has been really appreciated.
Thanks to the following learners for their help on the intake days:
Ted Berry, C8 Charlotte Brown, C8 Oliver Cheyne-Osborne, C8 Annelise Code, C8 Oliver Eastall, C8 Phoebe Fairbairn, C8 Poppy Fairhall, C8 Isla Fields, C8 Alessandra Forrester, C8 Tammy Gower, C8 Rafe Gray, C8 Antonella Hallam, C8 Lexi Jones, C8 Zachary Lote, C8 Mohammed Malek, C8 Afiyah Malik, C8 Micah Melvin, C8 Hermione O’Neill, C8 Millie Pearce, C8 Alfie Rowe-Phelps, C8 Amber Sansum, C8 Annie Tosley Greta Zanatta, C8 Isabel Harvey, C9 Liam Makamure, C9 Ayo Adediran, C10 Seth Burke, C10 Freddie Estall, C10 William Lebaga, C10 Henry March, C10 Amelia Edwards, C10 Curt Sargeant, C10 Will Sargeant, C10 Estelle Scherer, C10