Good Morning Brown Clee – although I will be honest I have struggled with the ‘good’ in that phrase, as following last night’s announcement I’m sure plenty of us don’t feel too good about the news of another lockdown.

I had scheduled a typed assembly for this morning, but I didn’t feel it appropriate today, so I have been ambitious and resilient and recorded an assembly message instead. It is unscripted and free-wheeled – so apologies for the amateurishness of it – but the message is from the heart. (and sorry for having the ipad the wrong way around – I will learn from my mistakes and get it right next time!)

I forgot to mention one other emotion that I feel – as well as shock, frustration, disappointment and sadness, I also feel determined and optimistic, that the Brown Clee Team can do this – we can get through the next 6 weeks and keep our enthusiasm for learning, our ‘can-do’ attitude and our team-spirit going strong. The school is the people in it, not the building, and for the next 6 weeks the school will be apart, but the more we can communicate, keep in touch and share the more we keep ourselves together in spirit, even if we can’t be together in person.

Teachers will be posting work daily and will be asking for work to be returned, but if you would like to share photos or videos of yourselves, either working or playing, or wanting to share messages to the rest of the school, then please email to admin@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk and we will share on the website.

Let’s take a quiet moment to reflect on why we are apart for the next 6 weeks and let’s think about the hospital staff working hard to care for those sick and in need, let’s think about the families who are missing loved ones or having difficult times, and help us to reflect on how fortunate we are, and that 6 weeks is a short time in a year – we will be back together before you know it!