Wherever one turns, there is room for education. Opportunities present themselves and knowledge is waiting to be inculcated. Yesterday afternoon at around five o’clock 9 adults and 34 pupils boarded a coach bound for the West End. The temperature was … Continue reading
What a busy end of term! The Christmas Fayre was brilliantly organised by Chairman Jane. The three dodgy gangsters on the Human Fruit Machine were hysterical and dispensed their booty with true generosity. Santa arrived by hackney carriage and obviously … Continue reading
What a crazy Autumn Term! It all began with “the phone call”! It was our Reporting Inspector, Liz Coley, detailing our ISI inspection and asking for a hundredweight of documentation to be sent to her within 24 hours! Our well-oiled … Continue reading
A sunny Saturday morning, three days after the inspectors came to call, I awoke racked with guilt. Food was on my mind and I needed to spill the beans to anyone willing to listen, to extend the metaphor. You, the … Continue reading
Throughout the Summer, two highly skilled building teams have been racing against a tight schedule to complete a new classroom block with state-of-the-art facilities and to refurbish the old dorms to provide fabulous accommodation for Years 6, 7 and 8. … Continue reading
What a weekend! Fiona had abandoned Rowan and me to visit our daughter, SamSam, in London. Home Alone! Saturday whizzed by in a mass of mundane matters – nice bit of alliteration, I think to myself (which makes me a … Continue reading
I am on lifeguard duty at the Hotel Mayfair and Hector and Isaac are lounging in a bubbling sauna – no doubt limbering up for a touch of ten pin bowling this afternoon. What an edifying and humbling morning we … Continue reading
It is impossible to switch off the internal clock so I could not resist the temptation to turn on Radio 4 in time to listen to the sports report at just before six thirty. I could hear my daughter, Rowan, … Continue reading
At last! A lie-in! My daughter usually has Saturday morning school but had decided to stay in bed nursing her mystery condition. Therefore I was afforded a chance to recharge the batteries, pick up last Sunday’s unread newspaper and delve … Continue reading
What an end of term! It has been the busiest and most enjoyable one on record! Where to start blogging? As you know the snow forced us to close for two days at the beginning of December. The first day … Continue reading