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• 01/10/24

  Boarding: What makes a house a home?

  What makes a house a home? The immediate thoughts coming to my mind are “warmth”, “comfort” and “safety”. Of course, a stand alone building itself can provide all of these but a home is much more than a house

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• 16/02/23

  No One Ever Went Wrong By Being Polite

  At a recent whole school assembly, we discussed the importance of manners and how vital these were to not just a boarding school community, but to wider society too. The title for this piece came from prominent United States educationist, Hal Urban, who focussed much of his teaching on the importanc...

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• 22/11/22

  The Power of Punctual

  “You’re wincing” said my wife. “You’re actually wincing.” Wincing for me is my way of quietly being appalled. This particular wince was brought on by my better-half telling me a story about how when they were children, and trying to travel as a family of five o...

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• 23/09/22

  The Positive and Memorable Impact of Teachers

  During a quieter moment in August I took the time to visit one of my prep school teachers in Hampshire.

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