Students all had lessons until the end of period 4 and the extra time closing at lunch time allowed us to set up classrooms and get ready for our many, many visitors. It was a very busy evening, with students from a wide range of local schools – as well as many of our current Year 11 students – coming in.

For those looking to apply to our Sixth Form, a reminder that applications for Greenshaw are now open and live on our website here. If you have any queries, please contact us and speak with the Sixth Form team, including Miss Larkin, our Director of Sixth Form, who spoke from the stage last night.

Marking Remembrance Day at Greenshaw, 11th November

This Wednesday, I spoke with the whole school about the many, many lives lost in conflict. I talked about the efforts of a global coalition (combatants in the World Wars came from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and the Caribbean amongst other countries) as well as sharing local history examples from Sutton.

For example, I talked about how the St Helier Hospital building was struck during World War II and painted dark to make it less visible from the air. I also talked about the damage done to the Sutton bus garage in Bushey Road, a landmark that students talked to me about, and they could relate to, despite the stories of war being from many decades before.

We then held a two-minute silence. This was observed impeccably throughout the school. Alongside the selling of poppies, Remembrance badges and lanyards last week by our Sixth Form students, our assembly enabled all of our school community to play a part in the important national act of remembering. 

School Council meetings are under way

We take our citizenship work very seriously as a school and each of our tutor groups follows principles of democracy and representation by voting for representatives. Our year councils have now met for their first cycle, discussing what they like about our school and what they would like to improve. It is really important to hear that students would like food costs to be lower in the school dining hall. This in turn allows us to explain to students how food costs are made up and what has influenced them, particularly in recent years.

The next cycle of meetings will be consulting with students on any additional activities and features we can include during the morning break and lunchtime. I look forward to hearing their proposals, and I am confident we may be able to use this to help us plan our new playgrounds as the building work comes closer to completion.

Students of the week

Well done to each student below for being nominated this week. I look forward to hearing about each of their achievements and the contributions that they have made to the school.

Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11	6th Form
Mya	Prajan	Tye	Berken	Akhdan	Christina Ralph

 

 

Term dates for the next two years

I know that it is helpful for families when planning travel to know well in advance our school holiday dates. Generally, we follow the Sutton term times, being mindful where families have children in more than one school. The dates, until the end of the summer term for 2028, are now available on our school website. 

Wishing you all a very restful weekend.

Mr N House, Headteacher