MB News August 23
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Internal <strong>News</strong>letter<br />
<strong>MB</strong> NEWS<br />
No.4<br />
Celebrating all that's brilliant about The Mulberry Bush <strong>August</strong> 20<strong>23</strong><br />
A Warm Welcome Back!<br />
It’s been a Summer of two halves<br />
with many staff away enjoying<br />
their (often grey and wet) summer<br />
holidays. It’s typical that the<br />
heatwave starts as the children go<br />
back to school!<br />
During <strong>August</strong>, the Burrow and<br />
Auxiliary teams have been hard at<br />
work providing the children with a<br />
lovely Summer Holiday of their<br />
own.<br />
And, there’s the remarkable work<br />
the Facilities and Maintenance<br />
Teams have done. They’ve worked<br />
around the clock and have<br />
performed miracles.<br />
Building works...<br />
They’ll be a full report in the September edition of <strong>MB</strong> <strong>News</strong>, detailing all the work that has<br />
been done in the School and the Houses. In the meantime, there’s also been work carried out<br />
at <strong>MB</strong>3.<br />
Here’s some photos of the newly renovated disabled bathroom, which is now en-suite,<br />
making it far more accessible.
Greetings from Toddington...<br />
The biggest event here during <strong>August</strong> was the The<br />
Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile coming<br />
for their annual residential week.<br />
Some of these young people have survived<br />
incredible hardships and reached this country after<br />
journeys most of us can’t imagine. They are a<br />
remarkably warm, upbeat and welcoming group.<br />
They fill <strong>MB</strong>3 with a mix of languages, cultures,<br />
foods and stories and they are very attached to the<br />
site – I didn’t know they set up our fire pit a few<br />
years ago until they told me.<br />
The Hippo (Pablo) is halfway through a makeover<br />
(see the picture) and seems to be doing better<br />
already, although his halfway state is scaring some<br />
people.<br />
We are starting the process of making links with<br />
organisations who can help us develop <strong>MB</strong>3,<br />
although most people seem to be on holiday still and<br />
it’s slow going.<br />
In September and October we will have nine different groups in residence at <strong>MB</strong>3 ranging<br />
from the TC Elders to our own induction group. We have started delivering the new<br />
induction residential; the group who were here last week for our first one seemed to think it<br />
was helpful. We are also going to be getting the Ex-pupils Advisory Group together in the<br />
next month or so. If you have anything you’d like to get their input on, please talk to me<br />
about it and we’ll think about how they can be helpful to you.<br />
If you have a use for <strong>MB</strong>3, please get in touch.<br />
End of term drinks<br />
It feels a long time ago now, but at the end of July, all staff<br />
were invited to end of term drinks at The Black Horse.<br />
A reward for all the amazing work that had happened during<br />
the school year.
Welcomes<br />
Charlie Bloor<br />
Teacher<br />
Eve Borrott<br />
Therapeutic Care<br />
Practitioner<br />
Hattie Cornish<br />
Teaching<br />
Assistant<br />
James Perella<br />
Digital Marketing<br />
Executive<br />
Jane Birchenough<br />
Designated<br />
Safeguard Lead<br />
Natalya Uemlianin-Stone<br />
Project Archivist<br />
Maddie Hodgkins<br />
Teacher<br />
Sithembiso Muyocha<br />
Therapeutic Care<br />
Practitioner<br />
Becca Villadsen<br />
Teaching Assistant<br />
James Wallace<br />
Therapeutic Care<br />
Practitioner<br />
Fundraising<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
School<br />
12th October<br />
A Celebration of Contemporary Choral<br />
Music at Bampton Church<br />
10th November<br />
For the Fallen – a talk for Remembrance Day<br />
11th November<br />
WWI – The Great Game<br />
14th & 15th September<br />
Art project with Emma Cox<br />
15th - 19th October<br />
Outward Bound<br />
20th October<br />
Education Open Day
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