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Head’s

Welcome

I have to confess that I feel very fortunate to be introducing staff at the end of the year. Among those, Tracey Hazell deserves
the yearbook for a school as busy as Millfield Prep when I have special mention. Her unwavering commitment to Millfield Prep,
only been at the helm for two of the three terms that are being our pupils, staff and parents over the last 10 years has been the
documented in it! Thank you to Mr Horgan for guiding the pastoral glue that has kept things together. To her, and to all the
school in the Autumn term. That said, in those two terms I feel I staff who have left us this year, a huge thank you.
have got a real sense of the amazing place that MPS is and of the
values that you, the children, display on a daily basis. So whether you are a pupil, parent or member of staff, I do hope
that you enjoy reading this yearbook and that it brings back
You will have heard me say numerous times already that school fantastic memories of a year in this very special place. Final and
should not be about comparing yourself to others – each of you enormous thanks to Matt Davidson and others in the marketing
is on your own journey, running your own race, and the highs team who have toiled away to gather and then organise all the
and lows of that journey are often very personal. One of the content for these pages – your efforts are very much appreciated
beauties of school, however, is that many of the highs are shared by all of us.
with classmates or teammates and can be remembered and re-
lived well into your futures. And so this is what the yearbook is Mr Dan Thornburn, Head
all about – a chance for you to be given a clear reminder of all
the amazing things that took place this year. And one day, as I
have done regularly throughout my life, you may pick up this
book years from now and a smile will be brought to your face as
you flick through the pages and remember something brilliant
and wonderful that happened. It is my sincere hope that you will
reminisce on a time at school that was full of fun, smiles and
laughter – just the way it should be.

This year has certainly seen a return to a much more normal
routine as we have emerged slowly out of the trials and
tribulations of COVID. As is always the case, schools only work
because of the incredible commitment of the adults who are
part of the community. So please allow me a moment to thank
all those staff, across every area of school life, whose hard work
has enabled all the amazing things to happen that have now
become the content of this yearbook; without them, the pages
would be empty. Inevitably we said goodbye to some of those

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