Please see the below fundraising opportunities from Herts Young Homeless.

School Winter Fundraising

Please see the below letter from the Mental Health Support Team.

If you do not wish for your child to be involved in any provision being offered by Hertfordshire Mental Health Support Team, please inform your educational setting, more details are attached in the letter below.

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Please read the attached leaflet about the risks of children using this chat service.

Children between the ages of 13-18 years should only be using this chat service with permission from a parent/guardian and we ask parents to monitor their children’s use of this chat service.

Please check whether your child is using this and if they are please check their settings.

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Thank you,

Ms L Gibbons
Assistant Headteacher

We have been made aware via social media that Arriva drivers intend to go on strike for a number of days.

This is of course of great concern to us and I am sure Arriva is working hard to try and avoid these strikes taking place. School will be open as usual and we hope all students will be able to make alternative arrangements in order to attend school. As the strike action may be cancelled at any point, parents / carers should inform us on each day of absence, providing us with the reason for the absence.

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Mrs H Line
Deputy Headteacher

This week saw all students in Year 7 to 9 compete in cross country races during their PE lessons. Students have performed well across their lessons this week and we look forward to the hard work continuing in their PE lessons moving forward.

Year 7 Mob Race:

Tuesday 9th September was the annual Year 7 Mob Race hosted by Sandringham School. Townsend took a team of 18 excited Year 7s to compete in the races and all performed fantastically. Our top performers from each race (of around 200 students per race) were Isla G who came 4th in the girl’s race and Javier B who finished 12th in the boy’s race.

There are three more upcoming District Cross Country events coming up:
Thursday 18th September at Townsend School
Thursday 25th September at Nicholas Breakspear
Thursday 2nd October at Verulam School

These competitions are open to all year groups, and we would love to have as many students as possible representing the school at each competition. If your child is interested in attending, please ask them to speak to any member of the PE department.

Senior Football:

A newly formed senior side made their first competitive appearance in the County Cup this week with a challenging opening fixture against SCC. Despite a promising performance and numerous chances created, the team were unable to find the finishing touches that might have changed the result.
The match began evenly, with both teams testing each other before a well-taken early goal from Theo O ensured the score was level at 1-1 going into half-time. After the break, SCC grew into the game and were more clinical in front of goal, eventually running out 4-1 winners, with a bit more luck the scoreline could’ve been reversed.
There were plenty of positives for the team to build on, with two Year 11 players making an impact at this higher level of competition. Archie B was named Player of the Match after an excellent individual display in goal. –Mr Tominey

Fixtures are in the process of being booked in for all year groups in Netball, Football and Basketball this term. Please speak to any member of the PE Department if you are interested in representing Townsend in any of these.

Miss M Jones
Head of PE