by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER
Some years ago a senior pupil in an ATS school was dared by his friends to do something repulsive, demeaning and humiliating to one of his fellow Sixth Formers in front of the rest of the Sixth Form body. The friends ensured the door was closed and everyone was...
by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | Parents Articles
Mothers and silence are generally not considered to be words that go together but the expression “Mum’s the Word” has the meaning of “Don’t tell anyone”. The world in which we live today is a world of silence and secrecy (sometimes disguised as ‘Confidentiality’) in...
by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER
Many readers will be familiar with what might be considered the most well-known of the Parables of Jesus, in which the story is told of a farmer who planted his crop with varying degrees of success, as the seed fell in different soil conditions – hard soil, rocky...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER
Children generally, but teenagers especially, tend to think that the prime responsibility of their parents is to embarrass them. As they grow older they plead with us not to kiss them in front of their friends and not to drop them at school in the old jalopy; they...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER
Younger teachers may not know of The Three Degrees which was a popular pop group from the 1960s whose most well-known hits included “When Will I See You Again”. The same teachers may also not know of Kevin Bacon, a popular actor for over thirty years featuring in hit...
