An amazing array of decorated bonnets, chocolate eggs and a palpable sense of excitement in the air… it can only be the final half-week of the Easter Term at Lyonsdown School. The last day of term proved to be particularly...
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From the Headmaster’s Desk – 23 MARCH 2018
The Six Nations is a distant memory, the national cricket team were skittled out for 58 (only the fifth side ever to be all out in the first session) and the press have started to fool us into believing that...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 09 MARCH 2018
As I packed my schoolbag on Sunday evening, I took greater care than usual. Questions flew through my head: did I have enough ink cartridges? Had I remembered my reading book? After tea, there was a mad scramble as I...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 02 MARCH 2018
In a week in which the Beast from the East dominated the media, I was reminded of George RR Martin’s now famous words: “Winter is coming.” Perhaps more accurately for the UK, winter has not quite finished. All of the Lyonsdown staff, and...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 09 FEBRUARY 2018
One of the many great things about working in a school is the variety each day brings. One minute, I might be chairing a meeting about Lyonsdown’s social media presence, the next I am reading the Reception children a story...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 02 FEBRUARY 2018
On Friday, following 2P’s excellent assembly, I invited several Year 6 girls to speak to the whole School. This is not a particularly unusual occurrence; we trust our senior girls to give notices and listened to details of baking and...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 26 JANUARY 2018
In a week where the Nursery children helped me to discover what the best clothing to return a penguin to South Pole would be, I feel I should discuss the weather. Kyle Edmund has shown what is possible when battling...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 19 JANUARY 2018
New and old. Be it a New Year, looking back on what has past, or considering what we can do to improve for the future, the first few weeks of a new term are ripe with opportunity. Throughout the school,...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 12 January 2018
Fresh starts, new beginnings: a Happy New Year to everyone in the Lyonsdown community as we move into the Spring Term. The range of activities experienced by the boys and girls over the Christmas break was astounding. I have heard...
From the Headmaster’s Desk – 15 December 2017
In my final Headmaster’s Desk of the term, I would like to start by wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas: surrounded by trees and decorations and having already eaten the first of several Christmas Dinners and sung a variety of...