From the Headmaster’s Desk – 20 APRIL 2018
As I type, the sound of the Lyonsdown boys and girls playing in the glorious sunshine drifts through my window. It may have taken a little while to emerge from the cold, but winter seems to have given spring a...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 28 MARCH 2018
An amazing array of decorated bonnets, chocolate eggs and a palpable sense of excitement in the air… it can only be the final half-week of the Easter Term at Lyonsdown School. The last day of term proved to be particularly...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 23 MARCH 2018
The Six Nations is a distant memory, the national cricket team were skittled out for 58 (only the fifth side ever to be all out in the first session) and the press have started to fool us into believing that...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 16 MARCH 2018
Every day, I eat lunch with the boys and girls, and I am amazed by their ability to make educated guesses at the difficult and obscure questions that I ask. Whereas I am usually the master of these questions, this...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 09 MARCH 2018
As I packed my schoolbag on Sunday evening, I took greater care than usual. Questions flew through my head: did I have enough ink cartridges? Had I remembered my reading book? After tea, there was a mad scramble as I...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 02 MARCH 2018
In a week in which the Beast from the East dominated the media, I was reminded of George RR Martin’s now famous words: “Winter is coming.” Perhaps more accurately for the UK, winter has not quite finished. All of the Lyonsdown staff, and...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 23 FEBRUARY 2018
Half-term is a wonderful thing. Yes, the boys and girls (and perhaps teachers) of Lyonsdown enjoy the opportunity to visit museums, parks and trampoline centres but, more importantly, the holiday is a chance to rest and recharge. In true Lyonsdown...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 09 FEBRUARY 2018
One of the many great things about working in a school is the variety each day brings. One minute, I might be chairing a meeting about Lyonsdown’s social media presence, the next I am reading the Reception children a story...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 02 FEBRUARY 2018
On Friday, following 2P’s excellent assembly, I invited several Year 6 girls to speak to the whole School. This is not a particularly unusual occurrence; we trust our senior girls to give notices and listened to details of baking and...