Category: Head’s Blog

New school year anxieties

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For many of our pupils, even those that are not new to the school, moving up a year means studying new topics and having to build relationships with new teachers, and for the older ones, an increasing emphasis on independent studying.  Many flourish with this transition, but some may take a little longer to adjust. At the beginning of this week, I had […]

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Measuring Growth New Zealand Style

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I was interested to read this week that New Zealand has not only begun to evaluate the value of government projects in terms of GDP, but also their impact on the well-being on its population. Bids to the Treasury for money from now will not only need a cost-benefit analysis, but also an assessment of the project’s contribution […]

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Getting out and about

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Making the most of the weather to get out and about always seems to have a positive impact on my mood.  As well as at break times and after school, I have been pleased to see teachers making the most of our amazing school grounds to take appropriate learning tasks outside.  During my rambles, I have stumbled across performance […]

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Mental Health and Well-being – So what next? 

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In last week’s newsletter, I drew attention to the plethora of statistics that appear to suggest that a growing number of young people are struggling with aspects of their mental health and well-being, despite measures of our standard of living signifying that in so many ways ‘we have never had it so good.’  It is easy to get […]

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