Beachborough Newsletter: Friday 10th October 2025
Hello Yellow
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation. Glenn Close
Having been out of school for a few days this week, it has been lovely to return to a sea of yellow as Beachborough joined thousands of others across the country in celebrating Hello Yellow and raising awareness for World Mental Health Day. Wearing a splash of yellow sends a clear and powerful message to our children and young people, that they are not alone with their mental health.
At the heart of the Hello Yellow campaign is a simple but vital goal: to help young people develop the tools they need to look after their mental wellbeing, and to empower adults to be the best support they can be in giving children the space and confidence to share their voices and shape a more understanding world.
Thank you, as ever, to the Beachborough community for your support of this important message.
From my very first visit to Beachborough in the spring, I was struck by the warmth and kindness of so many pupils, parents and colleagues – from saying good morning as children cheerfully jump out of the car each morning, holding doors open for us as we walk through the school, or stopping to ask how my day is going with genuine interest – every tiny little gesture like that makes a huge difference and brightens up our days. It is this kindness that we have all been talking about repeatedly over the last few weeks as it pervades all aspects of our lives, but also something I referred to in a wider sense during the Harvest Assembly for FIII-VIII on Wednesday this week. This was a wonderful occasion – we talked about gratitude and giving in our community and the wider world, and reflected how harvest is the perfect time, whatever our personal religious beliefs, to be grateful for all that we have. It is noticeable that so many Beachburian families are associated in some way with the production of our food. During the assembly we listened to stories, brilliantly read by Olivia, George, Edward and Liam, about the risks of greed and how fairness and kindness in all areas of our lives is a much better way to live. There’s nothing quite like a good old sing song to get us all going and FIII-VIII together in a rousing contemporary harvest number was a great way to finish the assembly!
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On Saturday, we travelled to Oakham to participate in their U12 Hockey Festival (recollections of scores may vary!). We had a fantastic start, beating Oakham HC 4-0, followed by a very convincing win against Oakham School 3-0 and a 2-0 win against Melton HC. Our most frustrating match was against Peterborough HC, who saved every single shot our girls fired at the goal. The final score was 0-0. Our final game we predicted to be our hardest against Bilton Grange, but the girls played some of their best hockey. We dominated the play and had endless shots on goal. Unfortunately, the match ended in a 0-0 draw, meaning that we came runners up overall.
