Monthly Archives: February 2014

@jshe: “I am always doing that which I cannot do in order than I may learn how to do it.” Picasso

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“The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.” —Seymour Papert

Introduction to Seymour Papert(from his own website – http://www.papert.org/): People laughed at Seymour Papert in the sixties when he talked about children using computers as instruments for learning and for enhancing creativity. The idea of an inexpensive personal computer was then … Continue reading

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“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.”

Appointment to Assistant Headship, Claires Court Junior Boys, Mr Eric Leuzinger BEd As our school community knows, Jeff Watkins, Headmaster of our Junior Boys school is to retire at the end of this academic year, and his successor is Justin … Continue reading

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Digital Newsletter Monday 10 February 2014 – The Rising Damp edition (fingers firmly crossed).

“Avast there me hearties” or some such Tosh of a greeting, from the Island Republic that is East Maidenhead. Those that know the senior boys site of Claires Court will know that it nestles gently some 800 yards away from … Continue reading

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7 days – it’s always 7 days – and what happens when the ‘phone doesn’t ring

One of the Open secrets within our school is that we are due an Inspection event. Not just any set of visitors, but a defining set that are hand-picked specifically to pull our weft and weave apart, check what DNA they … Continue reading

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