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Year 7 Tea Party
November 20th, 2009
For almost 100 Year 7s, it was an exciting afternoon - and for many of their former Year 6 teachers, it was a new experience.
The Year 7 tea party had come round again, an event that is now an annual fixture on the Tollbar calendar and this year had grown to take in 19 schools and 39 staff. Lucy Simpson and Lauren Freeman were two of the five students who had come to the college from Welholme School and were eagerly waiting to show their teachers a range of their exercise books, including English, Science, Geography and Languages. Lucy has an older sister at Tollbar but both said they found their way around simply by asking people.
Edward Heneage School had only two in total, Jack Rudkin and Salema Khatun, both of whom said they had "settled in OK."
"I've found the lessons quite easy so far," Jack said. "The teachers are very nice and helpful. My favourite subject is PE, I'm playing rugby and football."
Paul Ramsey may be the only student from Stanford School in Laceby but he had two teachers visiting him. Paul lives at North Thoresby, which means he is in Tollbar's catchment area and he was a bit nervous about the tea party. "It will be kind of weird seeing my teachers again because I don't know what they will think," he said. As their teachers began to arrive and tea and cakes were served, the students showed off their books.
Jackie Morton, who teaches Years 5 and 6 at The Leas, was making her first visit to the tea party and liked the idea. "We can see how they have come on and it's nice to hear how they are doing," she said.
Humberston Cloverfields had seven students moving to Tollbar - the most they have ever had - and sent five staff to talk to them. Among them was Mrs Taylor-Rose who said that a lot of Cloverfields pupils went to Humberston School but she thought the idea of the Tollbar tea party was "fabulous".
"We saw all these students in different years so we know them," she said. "They all look very smart in their uniforms and they seem very proud of Tollbar. We can see a real difference in them."
"I was a bit worried about one pupil who wouldn't write anything when he came to us because he didn't have any confidence in his writing." By the time he left he was a much better writer and I hoped he would continue at Tollbar.
“His handwriting still isn't that good and is commented on but it's obvious his teachers appreciate the content and he has kept his confidence.
"I think it's a shame they have quite so much homework, I do think they need time for other things but I can see that what they say about Tollbar's drive for high standards is true so homework is to be expected."
On the large New Waltham table, six teachers including the head had arrived - and on the Stanford table, Paul found he had no need to worry because his teachers were quite impressed with his work.
