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The various letters sent to the wider school community during the school year.

Defending our title…into Finals day@henleyroyalregatta

After a fabulous quarter final win on Friday against Globe Rowing Club, Tom Jost had this to say: “Hi All, As i’m sure a lot of you already will know, the boys raced fantastically well yesterday to come away with … Continue reading

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Defending our title…@henleyroyalregatta

It’s Friday 30 June, and yesterday close to 7pm, the Claires Court coxless quad beat Tideway scullers to commence their defence of the Fawley cup won last year for the first time by Claires Court. This year’s quad consist of … Continue reading

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Talking about and taking responsibility…

I was due to write this week about our considered reaction as a school to the various terrorist atrocities over the last few weeks.  It is certainly not our wish to cause our families to fret about choices we make. … Continue reading

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Returning our attention to our own…

One of the most important features visible in successful educational institutions is ‘good noticing’.  I was taught this in two ways, one by virtue of bitter experience when I had let something slip (often an issue in a busy life) … Continue reading

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Talking about terrorist attacks with young people – a dilemma for us all.

At the close of the first  half of term, my blog was a straightforward statement from the Deputy Chief Constable of the Thames Valley police, stating the heightened position of the National Terrorism Threat, being raised to critical following the … Continue reading

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National Terrorism Threat Level Raised to Critical

The message below was received from the Thames Valley Police, with forward messaging to parents requested.  I publish that message in full: “As you will no doubt be aware, on Tuesday night the Prime Minister confirmed that the national terrorist threat has … Continue reading

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Questions of the Prime Minister…

Mark Hookham, correspondent from The Sunday Times, came to speak to some of our Sixth Form students last week, asking them “What do young people want from, or want to know about, Theresa May.   He posed the same questions to … Continue reading

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“…for the twenty-first century we will have to do more than just improve literacy and numeracy skills.”

20 years ago, in the DfE white paper 1997 White Paper, Excellence in Schools, the DfEE wrote the following:” If we are to prepare successfully for the twenty-first century we will have to do more than just improve literacy and numeracy … Continue reading

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Fake news – hitting all schools, pupils and parents near you

2017 is going to be the year of Fake News clearly, because of course Mr Trump, Mr Putin and Mr Assad would have it so.  Everywhere the news is reported, someone seems to claim that the facts not true, or visa … Continue reading

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Somewhere a place for us…

The opening video to this post shows 2 of our Sixth Formers, Jack Jesseman (Y13) and Niamh Bates (Y12) singing at the Senior Commemoration service at the end of last term 4 weeks ago. Readers might be familiar with the … Continue reading

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