Easter is a movable feast; unlike Christmas it does not occur on a set date each calendar year.  The date of Easter is decided more by celestial and planetary patterns, falling each year on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.  (Remember that, it is bound to come in a quiz sometime!)  It is because Easter is so late this year, falling on Sunday 20 April 2025, that we have the strange sensation of finishing the term with 2 weeks of Lent still to go, and coming back to school on Tuesday 22 April the day after Easter Monday.  In other years, we have worked right up to Maundy Thursday and been able to mark the start of the Easter Triduum and Passion of Christ with a very reflective service on the last afternoon of the spring term.  Not this year though.  However, we did get to mark Ash Wednesday in school (as this can often fall in the spring half term), and when we return Easter will still be fresh in pupils’ minds for a whole school worship on the morning of Tuesday 22 April.  So, for now I wish you all an enjoyable holiday when it arrives at the end of next week, and also wish you a very happy celebration of Easter when it comes in late April.

Mr R Cunningham
Headteacher