Dear Families
This week we have bid a fond farewell to our pupils who are moving on from Meadow. Our annual leavers event to Brighton was not dampened by the weather and staff and pupils had a fantastic time together, this year with no seagull attacks! Our leavers assembly celebrated all the achievements and growth made by these young adults and gave us an opportunity to say personal goodbyes.
However, we are hopeful that we will stay in touch as we now have our Boomerang Club that ex-pupils can join. We are delighted that so many alumni of Meadow come back to see us and socialise with friends and even more delighted when we hear about their lives and how they are doing.
I have borrowed someone else's words as they have expressed so well, how we all feel,
Dear Families,
We give you back your children,
The same children you confidently entrusted to our care.
We give them back pounds heavier, inches taller, months wiser.
More responsible and more mature than they were back then.
Although they would have attained this growth in spite of us,
It has been our pleasure and privilege to watch their personality
Unfold day by day and marvel at this splendid miracle of development.
We give them back reluctantly,
For having spent many months together in the
Narrow confines of a school
We have grown close, become a part of each other,
And we shall always retain a little of each other.
Ten years from now if your child meets us on the street
AIt will bring a shine to our eyes, a smile to our lips,
And we shall feel the bond of understanding once more,
This bond we feel today.
We have lived, laughed, played, studied, shouted, argued, sang,
Hugged, tested, chatted and enriched our lives together over the years.
We wish it could go on indefinitely, but give them back we must.
Take care of them, for they are precious.
Remember that we shall always be interested in your children and their destiny,
Wherever they go, whatever they do, whoever they become.
Their joys and sorrows, we will be happy to share.
We shall always be their friend.
Very best wishes to you,
Mrs Rigby and all the team at Meadow
