14th December 20

As I sat at my desk this week writing the end of term letter, I was reminded that this will also be my last blog of 2020 – a year which presented us all with the most unexpected challenges. Reflecting on this term, I was struck by the boy’s resilience, patience, kindness and impressed by…

11th December 20

7th December 20

And so we stand on the cusp of the final week, which for many pupils is an exciting week as they look forward to the holidays and the different events that take place.  This time of the year is also when those boys who have applied to Oxford and Cambridge attend interviews.  As with everything…

30th November 20

One highlight in a busy week was meeting with some Year 9 boys who took me through a presentation they had prepared for Astronomy Club on the Doppler effect, how it changes the light from distant stars and how Star Trek didn’t pay attention to the physics and Star Wars did in their special effects.  It was an engaging presentation and one that they…

23rd November 20

We follow last week’s news about the ISA’s film competition with more good news from the ISA awards.  Each year they award the Whitbread Memorial Prize.  Schools are invited to submit two pupils who have performed outstandingly in their GCSEs and also made a significant and sustained contribution to the wider life of the school…

16th November 20

Next week is anti-bullying week and the Year 11 anti-bullying ambassadors who were trained jointly with Queen’s College pupils last year on the course offered by the Diana Award are leading the week. Their plans last year were cut short by lockdown but the team are still in place and working together.  It has been…

9th November 20

It started two years ago with The Penguin, it continued last year with The Adventures of Lobsterman and Oscar Tracey has made it a hat trick of victories in the Independent Schools Association Short Film Awards with Sleep.  His co-star and co-director Isaac Evans has been involved in two of the three wins and I…

17th October 20

12th October 20

The Sixth Form lecture series has been running for a few weeks now – the speaker either visits us or Francis Holland – and the lecture is filmed to be shared with those that can’t be there in person.  The Drama Studio hosted something a little different for the Year 12 on Monday.  Harry Baker,…

5th October 20

Throughout lockdown the LAMDA teaching continued online and I am very pleased that so many of the boys managed to sit the exam over the summer.  The results that we have received so far have been excellent.  7 boys passed with Merit and 3 with Distinction, one in Grade 8 and two in Grade 5,…