Ask any coach of a sport that uses a ball and the advice will be the same: keep your eye on the...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER
Our Executive Director, Tim Middleton has been writing articles on Education and School Sport each week in the Standard for the past 10 years. These 4-minute reads cover timely topics that may be of interest to the ATS Community and the Education body as a whole.
ATS, BLOG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Sep 6, 2018
How often have you been asked: “What sort of shape are you in?” One rather rotund and relaxed...
ATS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Sep 5, 2018
“Senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless” – these are not words found in a youngster’s report...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER May 16, 2018
It is interesting that people say the favourite question in interviews is, “What is your greatest...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Jan 16, 2018
Imagine a job for which one needs no qualification, no training, no interview, no employment...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Jan 16, 2018
There is a saying, “The Eyes Have It”, which has great truth in it, even if we often neglect to...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Jan 16, 2018
There are not many people who like the sound of the words, “Wakey! Wakey!” In relation to that,...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Oct 13, 2017
It does not take a medical doctor, a biblical scholar or a soccer manager to tell us that any...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Oct 13, 2017
It is interesting that thirty years ago the term ‘amateur’ was seen as a compliment (we play sport...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Oct 13, 2017
In many ways, teachers are like prophets: we teach, we point to the way forward, we promote...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Jan 17, 2017
Sir Ken Robinson, the renowned educationalist and inspirational speaker, has long argued that the...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Jan 17, 2017
Some years ago a senior pupil in an ATS school was dared by his friends to do something repulsive,...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Jan 17, 2017
Many readers will be familiar with what might be considered the most well-known of the Parables of...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Sep 22, 2016
Children generally, but teenagers especially, tend to think that the prime responsibility of...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Sep 22, 2016
Younger teachers may not know of The Three Degrees which was a popular pop group from the 1960s...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER, Parents Articles Sep 22, 2016
Marriage relationships lend themselves to many jokes and banter, like “There’s a way of...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Jun 2, 2016
I must confess right at the beginning that I am not a fisherman – quite a dangerous confession for...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Jun 2, 2016
I hope it is not too late to welcome you all back to a new term after a considerably longer...
