I can’t quite believe that we’re ready to begin the final chapter of our Crew Finch adventure. I’m sure this chapter will include many more exhilarating twists and turns as we step onto the final road of this epic journey, overcoming obstacles and celebrating triumphs, which will ultimately lead Crew to GCSE success. We’ll end as we started: Together (I do love a happy ending!)
We’ve spent our first few days together regrouping and refocusing on Crew. We’ve had some to time to reflect on our Y10 results and map out what our Y11 learning journey will look like. This hasn’t been a solo activity; we know we can’t get there without the support Crew so we’ve been focussing on our Guiding Question:
How can we can everyone to the top of their mountain?
This generated a very mature and compassionate discussion about how everyone’s journey to the summit will look and feel different, but we need to respect each other’s journey and be on hand to support those who need it and respectfully challenge those who may be holding others (or themselves!) back. Crew have also created some amazing learning journey maps, which I will share with you next week.
We also had some time in sports hall playing dodgeball and even snuck in a bit of yoga! And can you spot our new crew pet?? (I’ve pledged to buy a souvenir from every place we visit together this year and will raffle them off at the end of the year!)
On Tuesday we travelled to Flamborough Head, where we hiked from North Landing to South Landing. This featured as the highlight of the week for most of us, especially as we were lucky enough to spot a cove full of seals! We reminisced about some of our other hikes and Malham Cove is still a firm favourite!
The nicest thing about this week for me has got to be the fact that it’s “business as usual” at school (albeit with some extra precautions in place). It’s been absolute joy to see different year groups mixing at break times. Y11s talking to our new Y7s at break times. Lots of excited chatter and activity around the school. What a buzz!
I’m also excited that we can start having parents back into school and I can’t wait to see you all soon at our first face-to-face SLCs for a while! I’ll contact you all soon with more details and other key dates for your diaries.