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Air Commodore SN Perkins CBE MA FCILT FCMI RAF, who is known as Polly, will take on the role of Principal and Chief Executive at the College from 1st January 2021. She will take over from Di Roberts, also a CBE, who has been Principal since 2006, and has overseen signi cant growth. Air Commodore Perkins said her decision to move into education was motivated by her wish to continue working closely with people, and bring the skills that she has learnt working in complex environments to the education sector. She said: “I feel really excited about my new role at Brock – actually, I can’t wait… I spent a few days at Brock in September as part of my transition from the military. I met with various teams across the College and everyone was inspirational. Afterwards I felt invigorated. “The legacy that Di Roberts is leaving is enormous and I want to carry it on. I’d like to build resilience and continue to strive for educational excellence for all. “The College is proud to be inclusive and aims to help everyone achieve their full potential no matter what their background, academic ability or future goals. This same ethos will remain at the forefront of everything we will do under my leadership. One of the reasons I applied to be Principal at Brock was because it is the kind of place where people care for others, plus I know all the staff are prepared to go the extra mile.” Air Commodore Perkins was educated in Lincolnshire and joined the RAF aged 18 as a direct entrant supply o cer. As an expert in logistics, she received successive promotions to Squadron Leader, Wing Commander and then Air Commodore. She also holds an MA in Defence Studies from King’s College London. Her operational deployments include e Queen awarded her a CBE in the delayed Birthday Honours recently for her contribution in Cyprus and to the RAF over more than 30 years. Chair of Governors Graham Beards said: “I would like to formally welcome Polly to Brockenhurst College and also congratulate her on her CBE. “Without doubt, Polly is going to be a very worthy successor to Di Roberts, who has been an outstanding and inspirational Principal,” he added. Air Commodore Perkins Kosovo and Afghanistan, and her last role with the RAF was as Deputy Commander and Chief of Sta British Forces Cyprus. In 2007, Air Commodore Perkins was posted to Virginia USA to develop practices to enable NATO nations to streamline their logistic processes on operations. Air Commodore Perkins currently lives in Cornwall and says she enjoys writing poetry, DIY, mountain- biking and sea-kayaking. Praizin’ Hands Puppet Group is incredibly grateful to Longdown Activity Farm for allowing them to lm part of their Christmas DVD in one of their barns last month. Farmer Bryan and the team were very hospitable and helpful and our ‘Big Hands’ puppet team who had lots of fun lming their Nativity using puppets, parody music and drama. Sadly, due to COVID-19, Praizin’ Hands are unable to visit schools, care homes, churches and hospices in person this year so instead they are lming their Christmas presentation and sending it out on a DVD. It has been fun but challenging trying to lm outdoors, whilst being masked, socially distanced and trying to avoid the heavy rain showers but they are now in the nal stages of completing it! If you work for a care home, church, group or school and would like to request a copy of the Praizin’ Hands Christmas DVD and haven’t already done so please email info@ praizinhands.org.uk If you would like to nd out more about Praizin’ Hands then visit their website www.praizinhands.org.uk Praise for Longdown Activity Farm