Post examination teenagers
Students who have sat or still sitting public examinations will be looking forward to the summer holidays and a break...
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Author: Portsmouth High School, GDST
Advice to support your off-spring as they head for their summer examinations
Barnaby Lenon, Chairman of the Independent Schools’ Council and former Headmaster of Harrow caused a minor media storm when he...
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The millennials are not a snowflake generation
Douglas Robb, headmaster of Gresham’s in Norfolk, wrote a blog about the millennial generation and how they lacked grit. He...
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Sleep soundly to perform at your best
Often if I am grumpy and irrational it is because I have not rested well enough. Problems that are relatively...
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Attempts to pull children ever deeper into the world of social media should concern us all
Facebook has launched a messenger app, Messenger Kids, in the US aimed at six to 11 year olds. The lower...
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Trashy TV – ‘truly appalling’ or does it have its value?
Caitlin Moran wrote in last Saturday’s Times about watching trashy television with your teenage children. It struck a chord with...
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David Beckham had a huge capacity to learn from failure…
Matthew Syed, author, journalist and one-time British number one table-tennis champion cites David Beckham as someone who has a huge...
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Should university places be awarded just on the outcome of A Level grades?
This year according to major universities places through clearing have reached an all time high with some offering courses in...
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Upbeat headteachers have a ripple effect and lead to a happy school…
Last week at the Girls’ School Association annual conference I heard Andy Cope – the self-styled soon-to-be Dr of happiness...
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Is the eraser ‘an instrument of the devil’?
Guy Claxton, visiting professor at King’s College, London and Emeritus Professor of the Learning Sciences, Winchester University caused a bit...
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