23 May 2017 Jane Elson @Mousegirl2502 May 12 Replying to @WyedeanSchool@WyedeanVP We are so happy we chose Wyedean, it has been a fabulous 5 years. Hopefully grades will be good enough to return for 6th. Thank you all. I always wonder how teachers feel about seeing another group move on. Wyedean School @WyedeanSchool May 12 Replying to … Continue reading Reflections
From earliest childhood, I have been fascinated by history, especially people and places. I remember my two oldest history books given to me in primary school, which I still have in my cabin study at home. The first one was a Penguin “History of the Crimean War” and the other one was by the great … Continue reading Why I love History
“The terminology of ‘a culture of high expectations’ is in itself complex and problematic, but any opportunity to explicitly raise expectations should be seen as a moral imperative”. Julie Smith, Director of Teaching and Learning, WyedeanSchool https://ukedchat.com/2017/04/29/creating-culture It’s always good to have a long weekend with the Bank Holiday we’ve just had, but also it’s … Continue reading “Today is another opportunity to change the trajectory of your students.” Blunt Educator Twitter Post, April 2017
“These boys and girls are to be asked to wield the royal sceptre; we must therefore give them the souls of kings and queens. Otherwise it may be said of us that we took the ordinary person from the shadows of history and set them in the fierce light that beats upon thrones and they … Continue reading Does the label we give a school matter?
satchel Bio: Rob was appointed Principal in April 2015 having been a senior leader in various state and independent schools in England and in Wales. Rob has a background in international education, leadership and the International Baccalaureate working with schools and school boards on these areas across the world for over 20 years. Rob is also … Continue reading Smooth Sea Never Made a Skilful Sailor
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of them all” “You have to be at your strongest when you are feeling at your weakest” Quotes taken from the daily signboards at various London Underground stations the day after the Westminster attacks; 22nd March 2017. Last weekend I had the privilege … Continue reading “Bad things do happen in the World but out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things”
I had quite a humbling moment last Thursday at the British Council in London when I got into a long conversation with the Education Minister from Ethiopia, Dr Tilaye Gete Ambaye, just before I was due to speak at the World Education Forum. We were talking general concerns that I faced as a principal of … Continue reading “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it but that it is too low and we reach it” Michaelangelo
satchel: This week sees our second guest blog from Rob Ford, Principal of Wyedean School. Rob has been a senior leader in various state and independent schools and has a background in international education, leadership and the International Baccalaureate. He's been working with schools and school boards on these areas all around the world for over … Continue reading Global Learning in the 21st Century
The words of MLK could apply to any number of situations not least a strong resonance to anyone gearing themselves up for the start of the Six Nations at the start of February. Wyedean Warriors have enjoyed some New Year success with the Year 10 Boys football team winning the district football tournament last week. … Continue reading “We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope” Martin Luther King Jr
It’s not even close to the supposedly worst day of the year, Blue Monday, which takes place on the third Monday of January. Personally I have never had too many issues with the month of January and the first day back after the break students and staff seemed fine with being back in school and … Continue reading “January is like the Monday of the months” “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year” Ralph Waldo Emerson
This Heart Shaped Land 