b'THE ELLESMERIANThe Common RoomPresidents Report14This year saw a full return to pre-pandemic activities for the CommonIn July 2023 we said goodbye to a number of notable colleagues from Room, bringing with it vibrancy and much opportunity to celebrate theCommon Room including Dr Ian Tompkins (Head of IB / Classics / achievements of our students.President of Common Room), Rebecca Paul (Music) and Matthew Spencer (Physics). We wish them well in all of their future endeavours We welcomed Christopher Horrocks as Director of Sport; Jamieand thank them for the huge contribution they made to the life of the Williams as Head of Computer Science; Anne Savage as Head ofschool, the students, and Common Room.Biology; Jill Cawthray in Sociology; Simon Fisher in Key Stage 2 and Sarah Grindle in Support for Learning. This year also saw the return ofAnthony CoupeHamish Luckas in PE. As the year progressed we were joined by HayleyActing President Common RoomChesters in Business Studies and Nia Hughes who joined the Chemistry Department.We were also pleased to have Adam Price in the Maths Department, Lynn Smith in Support for Learning and Mai Thomas in the Art Department as locums, helping to ensure a full provision of staffing.While all members of Common Room have a departmental role, they offer so much more playing a vital role in our co-curricular activities programme, which requires a flexible mind-set and a willingness to have a gokey attributes that we try to develop in our students.'