20/09/21
Good or Bad
What would your response be if I asked you whether humans are intrinsically bad or intrinsically good? Hold that thought.
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07/09/21High Hopes
With much excitement, we have returned to school to begin a new academic year. The start of a new school year always fills us with a sense of optimism and anticipation – so much to look forward to and so much promise ahead.Read Full Story
10/06/21Introvert & Extrovert
In recent weeks, a story about Naomi Osaka, the women’s number two tennis player, has been making headlines after she withdrew from the French Open following her decision not to participate in the tournament’s media obligations.Read Full Story
20/05/21Laughter
Last week (10-16 May 2021) was mental health awareness week. It is an annual event that creates an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health. The event has grown to become one of the biggest awareness weeks, across the UK and globally, and it aims to highlight the...Read Full Story
22/04/21The Value of Service
We have returned to St John’s this week after an Easter holiday that combined both a sense of celebration when lockdown eased and a period of national mourning for the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. The union flag flew at half-mast over school, as it did on buildings across the UK, until th...Read Full Story
10/03/21Bright Futures
Last week was National Careers Week and it is also a time of year when many pupils are looking ahead and thinking about their futures – GCSE and A level options have recently been submitted by Fourth Form and Upper Fifth pupils, and university offers are imminent for our oldest pupils. D...Read Full Story
10/02/21Celebrating Science
As someone who loves science - and passing that love onto the young people I teach - the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February) is a good excuse to celebrate a topic close to my heart. I’ll say right from the start that I believe we should be striving for the day when th...Read Full Story
19/01/21Unpredictability
We’re only a couple of weeks into the new term - and not much further into the New Year – but I have to say that it feels like longer. On Monday 4 January, our whole staff team were meeting (virtually) for an INSET day. We knew it’d be a slightly strange start to the term, we were...Read Full Story
04/12/20Be a Light in the Darkness
This week saw the start of Advent, a time of hope for Christians as the Church moves towards Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ. At services across the world in December, that hope is expressed when the reading from John 1 is heard.Read Full Story
11/11/20Why We Remember
On Remembrance Sunday this year many households stood silently on their doorsteps at 11.00am to remember those who have died in war and today – 11 November 2020 - we came together as a school community at St John’s to remember all who have been lost or affected by conflict through the ye...Read Full Story
16/10/20No Progress Without Challenge
On Friday 16 October at St John’s we’re wearing red to mark Show Racism the Red Card’s annual Wear Red Day. This national day of action encourages schools, businesses and individuals to support antiracism education for young people and adults across the UK. In anticipation of this...Read Full Story
30/09/20What does success look like?
At a recent school assembly, I asked our pupils what they would want to have happened in their lives by the age of 25 for them to view it a ‘success’. As a headteacher I probably spend more time than most thinking about the importance of aspiration and working hard to achieve goals. We w...Read Full Story