Wildebeest
December 22nd, 2023 Dear Mr Taylor, Yesterday afternoon, my wife, daughter, two young grandchildren and I attended the matinee performance of "Beauty and The Beast" at Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre. We had seats up in the balcony. When we first arrived, the rows of seats behind us were all empty but then just before the performance was about to commence, a big contingent of pupils from Anonymous Middle School arrived. They poured in like a herd of wildebeest crossing some river in Africa. My heart sank a little at that point. However, I need not have worried because your pupils were very well-behaved throughout the show. And this is the reason I am writing to you - to congratulate the pupils who came to Sheffield on their excellent behaviour. Having been a teacher myself for forty years I think I know what I am talking about when it comes to the conduct of school parties in public. The youngsters were a credit to your school, their families and of course themselves. ...