Following the weekend's exertion I spent a day in London
yesterday looking at how schools can build character amongst young people. There is a lot of research out there suggesting
that building character amongst young people can lead to improved mental
resilience and toughness; and this is something that I personally wish to see
develop at MGS. The day's conference had
a number of eminent guest speakers who shared their thoughts and ideas,
alongside schools who provided practical advice on how they had built
character. I will be sharing my findings
with the rest of the School community in due course. Last week the Senior Leadership Team spent the week
visiting a number of lessons in the Social Science Department: Religious
Studies, Politics, Sociology, Philosophy and Psychology. Just like the Science Review a couple of
months ago these visits are nothing to worry about, they simply provide an
opportunity to share good practice, praise the excellent work going on across
the School and give teachers ...I visited two lessons myself, and I must say I
was incredibly impressed with the academic rigour of the work and of the level
of debate amongst the students.
Tomorrow is the last day of term and it is now tradition
at this point in the year we hear from the current School Captain and School
Vice-Captain about their year in the roles.
Both Harry and Alex will speak to the entire school in the final
assembly about their year, what they have enjoyed and what they have learnt
about themselves. At this point I wish
to say thank you to both of them for their service since last April. They have been a pleasure to work with I wish
them all the best in their futures. Have a lovely holiday and we'll see each other on the
11th April.
