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MacLeod House
Friday, 2 May 2025
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I hope everyone had a lovely Easter break; we were certainly lucky with the weather in Durham and I have heard lots of exciting stories from the girls and their holiday adventures. The girls who travelled to Rotterdam on the rowing trip certainly seemed to have a wonderful time and it sounds like it was excellent preparation for the regattas coming up this term. We are fully back into the swing of things now with a short, yet action packed half term ahead. A reminder that Durham School will be closed on Monday for the Bank Holiday, we will return on Tuesday 6th May. We are excited to share that we have purchased a number of items for MacLeod with the money we raised during our Christmas Hamper Raffle (the other half of the money going to our House Charity, The Winnie Mabaso Foundation). Next week we will welcome the arrival of a table tennis table for the common room which will cause much competition and excitement, I am sure! Mr Middleton and Mrs Myers-Bruin are already discussing tactics! We have also bought some kitchen appliances which will enable us to do a variety of activities with the girls at socials, including baking, cookery and supper clubs. We are confident that these purchases will benefit all the girls and increase the variety of activities that we can offer in MacLeod and of course, add healthy competition between tutor groups and across the age groups. Dunelm Run – FINAL RESULTS! I am thrilled to announce that following the results being calculated from the Dunelm on the last week of term. On the topic of our victory in the Vallance Relays, the results are as follows: Junior Run – 1st place Swainston (Intermediates) Run – 1st place Dunelm (Senior) Run – 1st place Overall – 1st place!!! A brilliant performance all round for the GIRLS in GREEN!! Dates For Your Diary Next Term There are a number of events coming up this term and each ear group will have a Pizza Social where we will bring out the house pizza oven and the girls will have the chance to make their own pizza – there will be a £5 charge for these events, due to Mrs Myers-Bruin or Mrs Gowland the week before, in cash. The year 11 and Sixth Form socials are next week, so £5 is due by today (Monday at the very latest). Monday 5th May – Bank Holiday, school closed Tuesday 6th Mary – Y11 Pizza Social Wednesday 7th May – House and Sports Photos Thursday 8th May – Sixth Form Pizza Social Wednesday 14th May – Year 10 Pizza Social Wednesday 21st May – Year 9 Pizza Social Friday 23rd May – Prize Giving in Durham Cathedral – compulsory school event (evening) Week commencing 2nd June – EXAM WEEK for all year groups Friday 6th June – Girls' Sports Dinner, Raddison Blue, Durham – tickets need to be purchased via the events website Wednesday 11th June – Year 8 Pizza Social Tuesday 17th June – Year 12 Parents Evening Thursday 26th June – Year 7 Pizza Social and Year 7 Parents Evening Week commencing 30th June – Activities Week Thursday 3rd July – House BBQ (evening) Friday 4th July – End of Term and Leavers Service (Year 13) Girls in ICT Day Tuesday 29th April On Tuesday may girls participated in the 'Girls in ICT Day' with a keynote speech on AI: Fake it Till You Make It followed by a rotation of workshops: Cyber Escape Room, Dynamic Dog Programming and Trailblazers. The girls engaged well throughout the morning and had some wonderful opportunities to control robot dogs and see what opportunities are available to them in the world of computer science. (INSERT PHOTOS) Year 12 Monitor and House Prefect Applications The Year 12 girls have been writing their School Monitor and House Prefect applications recently with the deadline being this week. Interviews for these roles will take place over the next 2 weeks. Good Luck to all involved! Easter Awards These were presented on the last day of last term. Congratulations! (See Image Below)
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