Category: Head’s Blog

14th September 18

How often have we heard – and indeed made use of – the expression, “Do as I say, not as I do”? It may be when we have just been late for a meeting, chewing a crafty Mars Bar and have found ourselves advocating the advantages of healthy eating, punctuality and thoughtful behaviour. Well this…

7th September 18

On the short walk from home to the School campus this morning, I heard the excitement of children chattering and speaking excitedly about the new developments around the School. This was gratifying. It is so important that the children feel inspired by the innovations that have taken place over the summer break. More significant still,…

13th July 18

MR NEESON’S PRIZEGIVING ADDRESS We all received childhood messages growing up. Some of them will have been positive. Doubtless some were negative. But whatever they were, as sure as eggs are eggs, those childhood messages will never go away. Mums and Dads first. What was your main message, I wonder? Was it the conservationist: “Waste…

22nd June 18

Winning is not everything. The desire to come out on top should surely never be so great that deliberate manipulation of the rules gives one competitor an unfair advantage over another. There is a measure of cynicism in top flight soccer – and, as Phil Mickelson’s US Open antics showed, in top flight golf, too….

15th June 18

Where do those political correspondents say that ‘The Devil’ is to be found? Why, in ‘The Detail’, of course. How often have we heard that tired idiom trotted out recently, especially when Brexit is under discussion. And – of course – when The Mighty Trump goes monosyllabic and hyperbolic to claim a mighty political tour…

8th June 18

It’s Panini time again. No, I am not referring to the flat, grilled, Italian bread roll with the yummy filling; no, I mean that ages-old sticker album craze which comes upon us all every four years. With the World Cup just around the corner, we can expect to see pupils huddled over in corners of…

25th May 18

This week, my theme has to be the importance of music in our lives. Quite apart from the wonderful things that have been going on at Blue Coat, the strains of beautiful melodies and the joy of harmony has been a feature of the past seven days. I was unable to watch the Royal Wedding live,…

18th May 18

When it comes to gauging humour, I suppose there is just no accounting for taste. The best jokes, I have always believed, are the ones where I grab the punchline just a millisecond before it is delivered. And then there are the very silly ones, which rely on a simple pun; the answer to the…

11th May 18

Let’s start this week’s post with a quiz question. Which Labour Party politician rose to cabinet rank having started his working life as a postman? I’m not sure how good he was at delivering letters and parcels way back, but I can testify that he is capable of delivering an interesting lecture. And doing so…

4th May 18

As I write this, the smell of chlorine beckons. Shortly, I will be wending my way to the swimming pool. There, I am going to support the Intra-School Swim. It promises to be a very competitive affair, with all the best BCS values on show. It all makes me wonder how we have got to…