11th April 2016
I would like to welcome everybody back to school and to the new term.
We begin the new term with the exciting news, I was able to quickly report on the last day of term, that our Condition Improvement Fund bid has been successful. The success of the bid means that we will be able to build a new two storey teaching block to replace the two storey section of what is currently known as the new block (which has been in place since the early 1970s). This news has made a lot of people very happy indeed. It is high time that Kinver High benefits from excellent new facilities and I am delighted that our students and staff will have the opportunity to work in them. The new build really is a great boost for the school. I will keep you all informed as the project develops in the coming months.
Over the Easter holiday the much anticipated school trip to Gambia took place. It is clear that the students on the trip have benefitted tremendously from the experience of seeing how children in Gambia live and how much they value their education. The big project of building a new school in a Gambian village is now well underway thanks to the money raised through Kinver High and the efforts of our staff and students.
I wanted to thank our teaching staff for taking our students on such a wonderful trip but the following message sent to Mr Wilkes by the mother of one of our students expresses gratitude in a far better way than I could. It is a fitting tribute to Mr Wilkes whose vision and enthusiasm established our links with Gambia and to all the staff who have committed to be part of one of the three trips organised so far.
(our daughter) “has not stopped talking about what she saw and learnt in Gambia and the privileges we all take for granted at home. To see such positivity is wonderful.
Something the government in this country will never understand or be able to put a price on is teachers like you and all the others who attended this trip... Teachers that go that extra mile and truly care about their students and those lovely children in Gambia.”
What an inspiring way to begin the summer term.