by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | BLOG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER
Many years ago we were taught a subject called Mechanical Drawing. It later became Technical Drawing, then Technical Graphics and latterly Design and Technology, and with each name change the emphasis of the subject no doubt changed a little. The same was perhaps true...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Parents Articles
Everyone knows of Robin Hood but for different reasons perhaps. He was in truth a ‘baddie’ but he is generally portrayed as a good guy. He was an outlaw, a thief, a rebel (against what he saw as forces of tyranny, in the form and office of the Sheriff of Nottingham)....
by admin | Feb 9, 2021 | BLOG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER
Thomas Hardy is most well-known for his tragic novels but his great love was in fact poetry. One of his most moving poems was called ‘The Voice’, published in 1914, which began with the lines: “Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me, / Saying that now you...
by admin | Feb 9, 2021 | Parents Articles
A popular comic duo of another era had a famous sketch where they enticed a world-famous conductor on to their show to conduct their orchestra while one of the duo played the piano in what was to be Grieg’s piano concerto. After messing around for a few moments (not...