From the Headmaster’s Desk 11th October 2019
“Let them get on with it.” I don’t often look to the same source for inspiration two weeks in a row but this quotation from Colonel Tim Collins OBE makes him one of a select bunch, along with Shakespeare and...
From the Headmaster’s Desk 4th October 2019
When Colonel Tim Collins OBE spoke to the assembled Headteachers at the annual IAPS Conference last week, he espoused the importance of pathos and rhetoric. Both the experience of life, and ability to speak about one’s experiences, usually without a...
From the Headmaster’s Desk 27th September 2019
Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people? Wise words from a wise man, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and an excellent point that inspired my assembly on Monday…...
From the Headmaster’s Desk 20th September 2019
Gate duty is one of many highlights of my day, possibly topped by an impromptu Hide and Seek championship with Nursery on Wednesday, and this week I had a fascinating discussion about influences. As with many a gate chat, Year...
From the Headmaster’s Desk 13th September 2019
The results are in. As you know, Lyonsdown was inspected at the end of the Summer Term by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) as part of their routine inspection cycle and we are pleased to now be able to share...
From the Headmaster’s Desk 6th September 2019
A new term, a new start. We have returned to some wonderful new learning spaces, and some things will be different as a result. The children are all a year older, a whole school year; they will have different teachers...
From the Headmaster’s Desk 12th July 2019
The final week of the Summer Term, and academic year, could not have been any more exciting than it was. We started with Year 6 trampolining and Reception to Year 6 enjoying a Discotheque and ended with our End of...
From the Headmaster’s Desk 5th July 2019
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They all have their exits and their entrances, And one woman in her time plays many parts… Such was the quality of Shakespeare Rocks, the Upper School...
From the Headmaster’s Desk 28th June 2019
Last week, I wrote of my pride in our school community during our recent inspection, and my assembly on Monday focused on the courtesy and hard work of the pupils last week. I also reminded everyone that the last three...