I'm back!!

You've probably been wondering why there have been no posts since March. Unfortunately (or is that fortunately? ;) ) I've been off work due to a rather nasty illness. It's all fixed now and they've removed the offending organ (my gall bladder) and I'm back to full health and back at school ready for the challenges of a new year.

And there have been some changes. Mrs Hoyland is away again on maternity leave - a little boy this time. Mrs Naylor joined us in the second half of the summer term (more about her later) and the mighty Mr Pye retired after 25 years of service to the school. I still expect to see him around the department and he will be sorely missed by staff and students alike :(

Mrs Naylor is helping us to launch two new subjects at Silcoates: AS Photography and GCSE Food Technology. To that end the school has gifted us with two extra rooms, and this is what the new food room looked like the day before school started:

We have introduced food projects into KS3 and I for one am looking forward to  performing some taste testing on what the students produce!

We have also been joined by Mrs Goldby and Mr Potter who will be taking on a couple of lower school lessons each until Mrs Hoyland returns at Easter. Both are old Silcoatians who were taught by Mr Pye! The circle is now complete ! (To quote Darth Vader)

So welcome back and let's see what you can design and make this year - lets go to work!