Category Archives: Possibly related posts

Listening to the radio, I heard recently that wisdom is lost to the young because they cannot see. I was somewhat taken aback by this statement, because my regular contact with children at Claires Court provides me with an awful lot of … Continue reading →

As our Golden Jubilee year comes to an end, it’s nice to reflect on the many events enlivened by our celebrations, from the formal occasions such as Speech Days and Concerts, through to the major social events of the school … Continue reading →

Samuel Beckett, the Irish poet and playwright penned these words in 1983 (Worstward Ho), and I can’t say they caught my attention then. Beckett as a writer seems to me someone you have to keep trying until you develop the … Continue reading →

There is no one way to improve schools, and since the time of Socrates and Plato, those who think about teaching and learning have known this. After every election when there is a change of party in power, the ‘new … Continue reading →

Now not everything that I write about relates to education, though you could be forgiven that from my recent blog entries. For a couple of weeks recently, I have been seen riding around in a petrol Hyundai 1.2, and rumours … Continue reading →

Not that long ago, the casual visitor to the German Parliament building in Berlin would be able to join a 100 metre queue and wait their turn to be hurled to the cupola on the top of the Reichstag, the … Continue reading →