During Senior Assembly on Thursday, I spoke to the boys about the value of determination, and mentioned a number of examples of people who have overcome considerable challenges to achieve great things in life.

The build-up to Christmas at Pilgrims’ is very special. There is a definite sense of the holiday season approaching when the sound of Christmas carols begin to emanate from the Pilgrims’ Hall and Octagon, and boys are humming their favourite tune as they move around the school.

I happened upon Albert Camus in my second year of university, when a friend of mine who was reading Philosophy at the time, tossed a copy of the essay The Myth of Sisyphus my way.

As part of the Wellbeing area of our PSHEe programme, SCARF workshops are engaging and comprehensive. 

I wasn’t any good at Maths by the time I reached high school. Something had happened in the transition from primary to secondary school that had rocked my ability to deal with numbers. When faced with an algebraic equation I would simply freeze up and my mind would go blank.

The word ‘vulnerability’ conjures many connotations, and depending on our experience of being vulnerable to our emotions, we may have very varied opinions regarding sharing our lives with others.