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The various letters sent to the wider school community during the school year.
Ukrainian Refugees – a position statement ♦ April 2022
Background The Principals and staff have been approached by friends, relatives and interested parties, requesting that we make available school places for refugees soon-to-arrive from Ukraine. Position For the Summer term 2022, the Principals are willing to offer places freely … Continue reading →
Non-Uniform day at Claires Court Friday 2022
Rarely have I seen a school react quite so immediately than with the onset of the Russian Military invasion of Ukraine, causing so much personal, physical and economic damage to a country and resulting in the largest migration of refugees … Continue reading →
A question of bias, or is that truth?
Earlier last month, and perhaps not unexpectedly, the DfE (Government department responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England) published a new document entitled Guidance – Political … Continue reading →
Fake News: When Princes, PMs and the Met Police collide…
During the era of Donald Trump, during his rise to President and his time in office, the world of broadcast and print journalism brought to our eyes and ears that notion of ‘Fake News’, articulated so clearly by ‘The Donald’ … Continue reading →
“Ticking to the same Tock”: Entrainment – why children need need well-regulated adults close-by [Spoiler alert – please jump to the section on Mirror Neurons if you want to read what’s new]
entrainment noun The act of entraining; specifically, the catching up and conveying away by live steam of minute drops of water from a boiler or of particles of sugar from an evaporating-pan or other vessel from which steam is exhausted. … Continue reading →
Why schools do best when curriculum plans, ‘flow’ and the science of learning coincide.
I wrote some time back about the importance of Curriculum design, bringing to the fore the example of Singapore who had chosen via 2 steps to ensure that their students made better progress at school. Back in 2014, in a … Continue reading →
Making plans for life’s journey ahead
If ever there was a time to consider that life is not predictable, ‘now’ in December 2021 is it! My school’s academic term is coming to a close, we have 11 teachers and 11 support staff off currently, which represents … Continue reading →
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
What we don’t need are ‘clones’ in our children, but individuals of purpose who understand that “To be Continue reading →
Claires Court Jubilee Tree Canopy project
In order to celebrate two major Jubilees this academic year, the Principals confirm their intention to create a woodland tree canopy and wildlife corridor across its fields at Claires Court Junior Boys by Maidenhead Thicket. The new canopy will be … Continue reading →
Let’s go Zero – How?
Back in June this year, the headteachers within RBWM were all written to by our council leader for Adult Social Care, Children Services, Health and Mental Health, encouraging all schools to start taking steps towards reaching net zero, using the … Continue reading →