St Chris is an independent school based in Letchworth for boys and girls aged 3-18. It has established a reputation over its hundred years of being around as ‘not your typical public school.’ And there is a reason for this. At St Chris, they see pupil enjoyment not as the result of achieving great exam results but rather great results themselves as a product of being a really fulfilled individual. If you’re fulfilled in all the key areas of your life, you’re focused and you’re working hard, then you can and do achieve. The enjoyment creates the achievement, not the other way around. At St Chris, they spend time and effort making sure students have an environment where those priorities are met, which helps make learning a pleasure. They have all the other elements that go into being a really good school They have an admirably high teacher to pupil ratio. They have green and leafy campus-style grounds that are safe and secure, and the facilities are … [Read more...] about Find out why this St Christopher School is ‘not your typical public school’
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A guide to public school rivalries
Features Harry Mount 12 Apr 2019 Read on The many, many millions of Mogg David Oldroyd-Bolt Every time a public schoolboy reveals where he went to school, another similarly well educated chap looks down on him. Jacob Rees-Mogg (Eton) was at it just the other week in the Commons, when he disagreed with Nick Boles (Winchester) over Brexit. Boles had just said he voted to leave the EU by backing Theresa May’s deal, while Rees-Mogg voted against it. Rees-Mogg responded, “My honourable friend makes a characteristically Wykehamist point: highly intelligent but fundamentally wrong. I must confess that I have sometimes thought my right honourable friend the Member for West Dorset (Oliver Letwin, Eton) was more a Wykehamist than of my own school.” Rees-Mogg was riffing on the old cliché that Wykehamists (so-called because Winchester was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382) are so planet-brained that they’re not fitted for real … [Read more...] about A guide to public school rivalries
Birthday invitations banned at Sydney’s Mosman Public School
A Sydney primary school has banned its students from handing out birthday invitations in class. Mosman Public School has asked parents to email invitations, in order to prevent children who are not invited from getting upset. The information was sent to parents via email, along with a suggestion they should discourage their children from discussing planned festivities at school, The Daily Telegraph reports. It's understood the ban was implemented after a pupil became upset they weren't invited to a peer's party. All the free things you can get on your birthday Women's Weekly birthday cookbook author hilariously slams own cake recipe Police officers attend boys birthday party after he called 111 to invite them "It's going too far," one angry parent told The Daily Telegraph. "We have to build resilient kids." "You can't give birthday invitations by paper [at school], only by email and you must tell your children not to talk about the party." Other schools in New South Wales have also … [Read more...] about Birthday invitations banned at Sydney’s Mosman Public School
Repton school teacher and England hockey ace caught drink-driving
A teacher at a Derbyshire public school who won 118 international hockey caps has been caught while three times the drink-drive limit. Martin Jones, director of hockey and sports development at Repton School, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court. The hearing was told how police saw the 38-year-old mount a kerb and then “dart off” into the school grounds when they tried to pull him over in Willington Road, Repton, on March 3. They tested him and he failed a roadside breath test giving a reading of 105 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, so he was arrested. Jones, of High Street, Repton, was then taken to a police station where he blew a reading of 78 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. Statement from Repton School In a statement, Repton School said: “Repton School is aware of an incident involving a member of staff outside of working hours. “Internal … [Read more...] about Repton school teacher and England hockey ace caught drink-driving
Teacher pay hikes alone won’t fix public schools, spend more on kids
opinion Derek W. Black Opinion contributor Published 6:00 AM EDT Apr 5, 2019 Sen. Kamala Harris recently proposed an average $13,500 raise for teachers — the first major teacher salary initiative from a presidential candidate in two decades. The proposal is a response to teachers’ growing political clout. Other candidates will have to navigate this clout in their own ways as they move forward. But the public education system that teachers and three-quarters of voters want cannot be had through salary increases alone. A decade-long school funding crisis has affected almost every aspect of school operations and student learning. This requires a bigger fix. Teachers have been clear about this. Striking teachers in Oklahoma, for instance, emphasized the deplorable conditions in schools — overcrowded classrooms, deteriorating textbooks and districts so under-resourced that they reduced the school week to four … [Read more...] about Teacher pay hikes alone won’t fix public schools, spend more on kids