Purple Up Day
Purple Up Day, which will take place on Friday 24 April, as part of the Month of the Military Child.
Purple Up Day is a national awareness initiative that recognises and celebrates children from Armed Forces families. These children often experience unique challenges, such as parental deployment, frequent moves, and transitions between schools.
The day provides an opportunity for schools to acknowledge their resilience and to show visible support for Service children within our community.
To mark Purple Up Day, students are invited to wear a small item of purple alongside their normal school uniform on Friday 24 April. This may include, for example, a purple jumper, ribbon, socks, or other subtle accessory. There is no expectation for full non-uniform, and participation is optional.
Another successful afternoon for the year seven netball team. Panic stations throughout the day, as the girls had three people off ill, so super subs were called in, however, the girls still had one player down, and went to the league with six instead of seven. This did not deter them, they started the first game, and drew three all against Parkstone, considering this is a new set up, and they were missing a wing defence, I think this game was a period of adjustment. After this, they had their game faces on, and got into their rhythm, then there was no stopping them! As always Ida marks tight, makes lots of interceptions which turns the game around. Lily was using her height, was marking well and got her hands to many ball, making it difficult for attacking teams to get the ball in the circle. Ava at goal defence, which is not her usual position, adapted and played really well. Neveah, again out of position, continue to do beautiful terms in the air, read the feed into the circle perfectly, and continue to put beautiful balls into the shooters. It is really pleasing to see Natasha and Leah start to reach their potential. They are reading each other space, doing little passes to get closer to the circle, and they’re shooting was spot-on, very impressive! As a result, the next three games, the girls were undefeated. Player of the match went to Lia.
Out of more than 1,000 applicants, Year 12 student Theo has made it to the final of Future Apprentice of The Year 2026. 
