Thought For The Day – Friday 24^th May 2024

As we close this half term, finishing well today, we congratulate Year 11 and Year 13 students on digging deep and keeping going through their busy external examination schedule.  You have been inspirational.

Thank you to the equally brilliant invigilators and the examinations team. 

Half Term provides something of a half time break, re-charge and an opportunity to prepare for the remaining examinations to come. Summer holidays, and results day, are the rewards.

The future is built by the present and the past. Well done to Year 7 on your examinations this week and to Year 10, who received valuable feedback last night on their summer examinations. We now build to Year 11 mock examinations in December.  Year 9 are beginning next season also in their continued focus and good habits, momentum that ensures GCSEs commence well next year in Year 10.  Good luck to Year 8 and Year 12 students preparing for their examinations over half term.

Education and life is holistic. This half term has also seen continued fabulous opportunities in sport (cricket, athletics, a football final), music, drama, debating, educational visits and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

At this time of year, we remember Mr. Mike Franklin, school caretaker, wise citizen, Arsenal supporter and ornithologist, who passed away two years ago.  Hopefully,  he was looking down and enjoying  a wonderful season for his team.

Our heroes are in our hearts, and all around us.

Today we celebrate everything Mrs. Dawn Curtis, Science technician, has done for the school as Mrs. Curtis retires, after an outstanding thirty-four years of service to the school.

Without laboratory and technician staff, at every level, there is no science, and science is essential our lives.

Mrs. Curtis, greatly respected by students and staff, played an absolutely pivotal role in our wonderful Science department.

If TBSHS’ “Prep. Lab”, with all its safe and scientific potions, was like something out of Hogwarts School,  Mrs. Curtis added the magic. 

The experiments you enjoy, and learnt from, were so often set up and meticulously  organized over the years by Mrs. Curtis, and the team of skilled and devoted science technicians. 

Mrs. Curtis supported and encouraged students  and staff wonderfully,  arriving to school early,  timing her retirement to the end of this half term to support students taking examinations.  

As another great teacher and mentor Mary Poppins said: “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”. Mrs. Curtis’ great humour, wonderful laugh, warmth, kindness and calm efficiency will be massively missed.

A devoted “Formula One” follower, Mrs. Curtis, always ensured we, and you, were in pole position and on the victory podium, with a smile, respect and manners, at the end of the race. Mrs. Curtis’  iconic Monaco was the science laboratories and the school.

As you journey through life, whether it be at school, at home, in community or at work, we never, ever forget the great and good people like Mrs. Curtis, and Mrs. Landers, who make everything happen.

Thank you so much for everything Mrs. Curtis.  We look forward to you keeping in touch with your school.