Week 10: 30th October to 6th November
I hope you are all enjoying a good half term break.
The house will reopen on Sunday and there will be the usual pizza tea provided by the dining hall for anyone who requires it. I will provide lunch for those who fly in earlier than this.
Miss Gillatt-Smith is now on maternity leave and we are all very excited as we wait for news of her twins - I will let you know when they make their appearance! We welcome Mrs Gladstone to our team; she has now moved into the Archway flat and will take over from Miss Gilly and so will tutor Year 9 and be on duty on Mondays.
This Saturday is Fireworks Night and there will be a big Sevenoaks Town display on the school fields, we will provide tickets (free!) to any girls that wish to go to this event; it is usually a lovely atmosphere and the girls enjoy themselves. One point to note is that it starts with a torch lit procession up the High Street at 6:30pm, whilst a lovely sight, if this is the time you are hoping to collect your daughter, I'm afraid you may be delayed. In addition, the campus will be locked from about 6pm on Saturday, this includes the Park Grange gates, please phone the duty mobile if you need access and we will let you in.
I hope you have all had a lovely half term.
Liz Bassett
Guests
Boarders and day students are welcome to visit PG at lunchtimes and after school until homework time (6:30pm) during the week. All students are very welcome to visit on Saturday evenings and on Sundays. On Tuesday and Friday evenings, 6th form are allowed guests in the Games Room between 21:00 and 22:00.
Naming clothes
We are trying to tackle the amount of lost property that seems to be generated within a week. Please could you help us on this front by ensuring all of your daughters clothes are clearly named. We provide laundry pens, particularly useful for newly purchased clothes, but name tags (sew on or iron on) are clearer to see. Matrons are happy to help out - although I am sure this is a task the girls could take on themselves!
Nuts
Please be aware that we have a girl in PG with a severe nut allergy, we ask you not to send high risk products back to Park Grange with your daughters, these include: Whole nuts, Nutella, Peanut Butter, Crunchy Nut cornflakes and nut oils. We continue to update the stores we provide to enable the girls to make healthy options, particularly when they are hungry outside of meal times.