Category: Headmaster’s Notes
Headmaster’s Notes: We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Thank you to those pupils who participated in our inaugural Drama Festival on Wednesday; a magnificent showcase event where our audience enjoyed crisp diction, bags of character, nuance and self-assured delivery from all our participants. It was a great privilege to welcome professional actor, director and published poet and playwright, Mr. James Daniel, as our…
Headmaster’s Notes:
Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. The advice from Downing Street last night was clear: anyone with a new persistent cough or a high temperature should now self-isolate for seven days. At this time the resilience of school communities, governments, and the international order, is being tested in…
Headmaster’s Notes: The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.
It hardly seems possible that our Reception pupils have reached their 100-day milestone at Prince’s Mead. It has been a joy to witness our Early Years pupils thriving in so many areas since they arrived in September; there have been some outstanding achievements in the classroom, some extraordinary performances on and off the stage, the…
Headmaster’s Notes: Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
This week has been incredibly busy on the sporting front at Prince’s Mead where pupils have represented the School at a number of exciting competitions, including the IAPS U11 Netball qualifiers plus Rugby and Netball tournaments. Our netballers performed incredibly well and, whilst they did not return this year with any silverware, their performance in…
Headmaster’s Notes: Music is the medicine of the mind
We had the great pleasure of welcoming a BBC film crew to Prince’s Mead this week, with the privilege of being able to share with them all that we celebrate here on the musical front at the school. The team thoroughly enjoyed meeting staff and pupils, as well as filming some of the fantastic music…
Headmaster’s Notes: It’s okay not to be okay.
Many of us noted this week a rather public exchange as David Leakey, a decorated Lieutenant General, responded to the presumption from a prominent political figure that military personnel are, essentially, too tough to feel anxiety. Leakey explained that “just because we’re trained to take things at a higher level…doesn’t mean we don’t feel it.”…
Headmaster’s Notes: If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
As Britain formally leaves the European Union at 11.00pm this evening, we are reminded of Kipling’s words that, “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten”. Without doubt this event of national significance will be etched into the history books accompanied, I am sure, with a colourful array of…
Headmaster’s Notes: Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today
I was privileged to sit opposite the most senior defence advisor to Boris Johnson at a dinner in London this week. He offered me a fascinating insight into current planning inside Downing Street; particularly enthralling at such an important juncture in our nation’s great history. What struck me in my conversation was the wealth of…
Headmaster’s Notes: Appreciating the Power of Nature
It was terrific to launch the Prince’s Mead Australian Wildlife Bushfire Emergency Appeal this morning. We will have witnessed the devastating images caught be the world’s media these last few weeks and the crisis is still ongoing with many of our friends and families being directly affected. More than 10 million hectares have been burnt,…
Headmaster’s Notes: The beginning is always today.
A very warm welcome back to you all and particularly to the new families and members of staff joining us this year. It was a joy to see our children return to Prince’s Mead with a spring in their step this week. Over the coming weeks, their challenge will be to sustain that energy, even…
