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From the Deputy Head of Senior School
Scholars Assembly: Academic endeavour, achievement and scholarship
13 April 2018From the Head of Senior School
I read a great book over the holidays by Yuval Noah Harari entitled 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. It provided compelling food for thought.
13 April 2018From the Head of Senior School
Many years ago, I took a 21-day trek with a friend to the Everest Base Camp in Nepal. The expedition party flew out of the capital, Kathmandu, in a 12-seater plane bound for Lukla, commonly known as the gateway to Mount Everest.
22 March 2018From the Deputy Head of Senior School
I recently finished reading Prof. Jordan Peterson’s new book 12 Rules for Life. Peterson is a controversial academic at the University of Toronto, and a clinical psychologist. The fact that he is so controversial is one of the reasons why I wanted to read his book.
08 March 2018From the Deputy Head of Senior School
Scholars Assembly - Academic endeavour, achievement and scholarship
From the Head of Senior School
There is nothing lonelier, nor more desperately expectant, than a school without students. Classrooms make no sense without them, playing fields lie stagnant, and teachers aimlessly wander the corridors.
08 February 2018From the Head of Senior School
In the William Walker Oration entitled ‘The Past, Present and Future of School Improvement and System Reform’, Professor David Hopkins rightly argues that the challenge of school improvement and system reform has great ‘moral depth to it’ for it directly addresses ‘the learning needs of students
07 December 2017From the Deputy Head of Senior School
The exam period has started in earnest in the Senior School, and an eerie calm has descended upon the place.
23 November 2017From the Head of Senior School
Last Friday, the Senior School hosted the annual Pink Ribbon Breakfast – a glorious affair that has in fact been running for 15 years straight thanks to the commitment, energy and vision of the founders, Helen Tachas, Connie Black and Glynnis Jones.
10 November 2017