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START YOURI am thrilled to welcome back our parents and guardians, both new and returning, to another exciting year at Scarborough College. The term is already well underway, and it has been a busy and rewarding start.
The academic year has begun with great gusto. Our brand-new classroom block, which houses Art, Design & Technology, and Humanities, is very impressive.This week we enjoyed the opening of our new Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), hosted our first pickleball session, which is an enjoyable addition to the wide variety of EPs already available to all of our pupils.
On Wednesday, we launched our new school website. With its modern design, improved Parent Hub, and clearer navigation, it has been built to make information more accessible and to better showcase our vibrant school community. I would encourage you to explore the site and please share your thoughts with us. We are always happy to receive feedback. Thank you to the Marketing team for their hard work on this project.
As ever, we are delighted to welcome the arrival of our new staff members. I know that they have been made to feel part of the College community already, and I must pass on my heartfelt thanks to the entire team for this. On Friday, many parents joined us for our Brewing Ideas session, where we introduced our new Senior Deputy Head, Mr Porter and Mrs Porter who is our new Head of PSHE/PE teacher.
This year will be another exciting one for the Performing Arts. The boundaries have been pushed further as, in addition to the Autumn Term musical we will, for the third year in a row, have an additional production in the Spring Term. Not content with this, our Performing Arts colleagues are putting on an extra school production exclusively for our Year 7s. The Music department is also launching a series of lunchtime concerts and our choir will be performing during assemblies, following the introduction of an extra assembly each week in Lisvane Hall.
On the sports fields, our teams have already started the season in an impressive fashion. The First XI Girls hockey team enjoyed an excellent pre-season tour to Wales, where they won their tournament, and the U15s cricketers finished third in the country as they travelled to Arundel Castle for their finals day. The U14s have just become Yorkshire Champions today, having played the final against QEGS Wakefield. The netball teams have started strongly and we have welcomed a third representative team in the Scarborough League.
Finally, I am proud to share that Scarborough College has once again been nominated as a Finalist in the Independent School of the Year Awards, this time in the Northern School category against very tough opposition. This marks the fifth consecutive year we have been honoured in this way, a testament to the dedication of our staff, the support of our families, and, above all, the outstanding efforts of our students. We are the only Yorkshire school to be represented in this category.
As we look ahead, I am filled with confidence about the year to come. I know that together, as a community, we will continue to achieve great things.
Mr Guy Emmett
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