This Week at Pathway 13/11/23

​Message from the Executive Headteacher

This has been an action-packed week in our schools, with many aligned events taking place. As you will read in the contributions of our Heads of School, this week has contained many activities and initiatives linked to national Anti-Bullying Week.

I’m very proud of the ways in which our schools have approached this week. The children in both schools have demonstrated a clear understanding of what bullying is and what they would do if they felt that they, or a friend, were being bullied in school.

Our definition of bullying is:

‘behaviour by an individual or group, usually repeated over time, that intentionally hurts another individual or group either physically or emotionally. This can happen in person or online’.

Children understand what behaviours might indicate bullying and are prepared to use our shared value of courage to stand up to bullies.

Elsewhere in our Federation this week, we have enjoyed ‘Mantle of the Expert’ workshops with the brilliant Luke Abbott and Tim Taylor. These workshops have focused on dramatic contexts for enquiry and the children have absolutely love them.

We also held a Full Governing Body meeting that focused on the financial situations in our schools. I’m very appreciative of the governors that we have, who are relentlessly committed to providing the best educational opportunities to our children.

Have a great weekend.
Mr Carl Rogers
Executive Headteacher 

Message from Head of School 

It has been an extraordinary week of positivity at Morda!

We had ‘Odd Socks Day’ on Monday where both children and staff celebrated their individuality in a sea of uniquely different socks.

On Wednesday, the school embraced the spirit of 'Positive Noticing Day', recognising and commending the many achievements and positive interactions of our pupils. Children went home adorned with labels highlighting the great things they were spotted doing throughout the day.

This week, we were delighted to welcome back internationally acclaimed Mantle of the Expert (MoE) coaches, Tim Taylor and Luke Abbott, who supported our teachers in further developing their MoE teaching skills. All classes experienced captivating, imaginative drama sessions: from the Bluebells class handling a tricky fox situation, to the Daffodils class who were developing a forest settlement, to the Roses Class who helped a story character deal with a difficult bullying issue, to the Shamrocks designing a travel website for the Indian tourist board. The creativity and engagement displayed were truly remarkable.

Friday was a vibrant celebration of Children in Need Day, featuring colourful dressing up and a lively Pudsey Bear treasure hunt that added a touch of joy to our week.

In addition to these festivities, we are thrilled to announce that Morda School achieved fantastic results in the England Rocks times table competition. We proudly stand in the top 13 percent of the 5000 schools that participated, with the Roses class emerging as our top performers! Special certificates were awarded to many children for their excellent participation, and our top three times table champions are Cooper Littleford, Fletcher Dawson and Oscar Lehuwala Bandarage. Congratulations to our winners and everyone who took part!

What an amazing week it has been!

Wishing everyone a delightful weekend

Mrs Helen Chapman
Head of School