HT Blog
Friday 10th October 2025
I had the pleasure of teaching Green Class on Monday, as Mrs Hall was on a course and our Sports Ambassadors attended some training at Gillingham School.
The Bikeability team worked from Tuesday onwards with groups of children in Purple Class.
As always, I was thrilled to show some new parents around the school during the week and we welcomed several visiting professionals while Mrs Broom attended the next day of her ELSA training.
I visited every class during the week – our children have excellent attitudes to learning in wonderful classroom environments.
On Friday afternoon I met with the Class Parents. This is a most valuable meeting for the school.
Catriona Williamson
Friday 3rd October 2025
The newsletter was available to download on Monday and Walksafe worked with Gold Class, learning how to keep safe when walking around Mere.
An advisor from the Local Authority came to work with Miss Fletcher on Tuesday, considering our SEND provision.
I attended a face to face course on Wednesday morning and our Family Learning event – ‘Grown My Learning’ was launched.
Yellow Class walked into Mere on Wednesday afternoon as part of their Geography work and Mrs Cocker completed a maths ‘book look’.
We celebrated Harvest Festival in school on Friday morning with parents and carers.
Catriona Williamson
Friday 26th September 2025
Our clubs programme started this week – the school is now back ‘to normal’ after the summer break.
Walksafe worked in Yellow, Gold and Purple Classes on Monday and Mrs McClelland and Mr Jacobs (our IT governor) monitored our computer provision across the school.
Mrs Broom attended the second day of her ELSA training and our governors met on Tuesday evening.
Purple Class went to Nothe Fort on Wednesday and Mrs Hyde and Mrs Rawlings completed some online training.
We welcomed our cluster head teachers to Mere on Thursday for our half termly meeting and I met with our lunchtime supervisors on Friday.
Catriona Williamson
Friday 19th September 2025
School life is almost back to normal.
Individual and family group photos were taken on Monday and there were various meetings held during the week.
I met with The Friends on Tuesday evening.
Some key members of staff updated their Epi-Pen training.
Red Class visited the Ancient Technology Centre on Thursday – a great way to start their topic for the term.
The Curriculum Governors also met after school.
Travel to School data was collected in on Friday.
Catriona Williamson
Friday 12th September 2025
Our first full week back in school – the children have settled really well.
We welcomed out OFSTED consultant who worked in school for 2 days – analysing data with Mr Rich and working with the Senior Leadership Team on our OFSTED documents.
Head checks took place during the week and Mr Rich met with our TAs.
Visiting professionals resumed their work with specific children and I attended various remote and in person meetings.
Catriona Williamson
Friday 5th September 2025
Wednesday was a TD day and the teachers were busy in school preparing for the new school year and working on English planning.
The school opened on Thursday and the parents stayed a while in the playground, after drop-off, to enjoy a coffee and croissants served by The Friends.
The newsletter came home in hard copy.
Our KS2 children enjoyed their first games session of the new school year on Friday afternoon.
It was lovely to welcome the children back to school!
Catriona Williamson
Friday 18th July 2025
The school is gradually heading towards the summer break and many of our usual activities did not take place.
We held appraisal meetings during the week and the lost property was on display in the entrance hall.
We welcomed parents and children to visit their new classes and meet their new teacher after school on Tuesday.
Some year 6 children attended a PE transition project at Gillingham School on Wednesday and Mrs Jennings and Gold Class performed well at our recorder assembly. It was lovely to welcome so many parents.
Gold Class visited Orchard Park Farm on Thursday and a large team of our athletes competed at the rescheduled Area Sports event at Gillingham School.
Silver and Blue Classes enjoyed their Forest School session.
Catriona Williamson
