Category: Blog
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A place of philosophy by Dr C Livingstone
When I was growing up a canny teacher loaned me his copy of World, Jostein Gaarder’s tale of a young…
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Exploring Boundless Horizons: The Transformative Impact of School Residential Trips by Mr A Waters
When we look back on our time at school, some of our fondest memories often come from school trips. Whether…
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Are you feeling like we are in our house?
Summer is here, everyone has grown out of their summer shorts, desperately needing a proper haircut, the size of my…
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Catching up
Catching up for lost Covid time During the last few weeks, there has discussion in the media about what children…
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Degree Apprenticeships
Many students expect that their educational journey will follow a set, well-trodden path – GCSEs, then A Levels, a degree…
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The Death of Nuance
We know, from years of experience, that we are most successful in developing boys’ attitudes and values when we work…
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Student Leadership: Assemblies
Teachers know that the school assemblies which they put so much effort into writing may not necessarily be the highlight…
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Truth Decay
Regular readers of my blog will know that I am unable to resist a good pun. My title therefore does…
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Reasons to be Cheerful (Part 1)
As we enter our second period of Covid lockdown, it has been wonderful during this first week after half-term to…
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What next with examinations?
Exam results days in August are always nerve-racking occasions. Following the cancellation of both GCSEs and A Levels in 2020,…
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How do we meet our sons’ needs during lockdown, (and how might they be encouraged to meet ours)?
Last weekend, I read an excellent article in entitled ‘Bringing up Boys in a Time of Lockdown’ by psychologist Steve…
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Managing Uncertainty: Looking for Opportunities
It is very easy for fear to become our overriding emotion as we digest the uncertainty that has invaded our…
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