All sorts, from my desk.
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September 20 · Issue #61 · View online
Headmaster - City of London Freemen's school; Chief Officer - City of London; Chair - Society of Heads - '...write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing' Benjamin Franklin
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All sorts, from my desk.
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The Guardian’s obit on Peter Hall - a fellow son of a railway worker, and a theatrical revolutionary.
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Peter Hall: a titan of the theatre and a vulnerable, sensitive man | Stage | The Guardian
In conversations with Hall over 40 years, I encountered a creative powerhouse who exuded confidence yet could be a strangely solitary figure.
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Why leaders need to prioritise workplace culture - from Virgin.
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Why leaders need to prioritise workplace culture | Virgin
As countless surveys have shown, consumers – and especially Millennials – want to work for and buy from companies that share their values and show a clear purpose … a commitment to do good, to give something back, can easily become competitive advantage.
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A great initiative, livery schools link platform, launched at large last week. Livery company and city guilds members are encouraged to register where they live and where they work in order to be matched to schools where they can share their expertise and professional guidance. We will certainly be using it in school to book careers speakers.
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Livery Schools Link - News
After two years development working closely with Livery Companies and schools, our new free-to-use online tool for matching schools nationwide (and their needs) with volunteers was launched on Wednesday 6th September 2017 in the City of London at Mercers’ Hall.
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Community matters if you want a long joyful life …
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Over nearly 80 years, Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life | Harvard Gazette
For nearly 80 years, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has been producing data and lessons on how to live longer, happier, and healthier lives.
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A key new feature for Whats App, for when you make mistakes and want them gone!
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Whatsapp are testing a much needed feature | indy100
Whatsapp, the final bastion of digital freedom (apparently) are trialling a new ‘delete for everyone’ feature … Whatsapp is reportedly trialling a feature to remove this road block to dialogue that socially paralyses you and the recipient every time you open the conversation.
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Weightless: Anxiety reducing techno-music … have a listen, let me know if it works.
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Neuroscientists Discover A Song That Reduces Anxiety By 65 Percent (Listen) – Awareness Act
Millions of Americans suffer from anxiety disorders, many people even suffer from a Chronic Anxiety Disorder. With anxiety, it can feel impossible to find anything to help.
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Harvard study on teaching inclusivity through reading; English teachers and librarians, choose wisely.
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Harvard panelists say children’s books can teach empathy as inclusion, not replacement | Harvard Gazette
Diversity Dialogue panelists discussed how the lack of diversity in children’s literature limits the imaginations of children of all backgrounds.
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I don’t know if it’s the increasingly darkening evenings or the constant watching of the thermostat at home, but something about September makes us want to plan holidays Chez Martin. We stumbled across the following list (being English teachers by training!) offering inspiration:
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10 great literary holidays
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that book lovers following in the footsteps of their literary heroes must be in want of a good guide.
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And here’s an appealing list of novels designed to take you on a trip round the world:
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Literary travel: around the world in 10 must-read books | Travel | The Guardian
Ann Morgan spent a year reading a book from every country in the world – 196 in total. Here she picks 10 favourites that vividly evoke the regions they describe.
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The Spectator’s Ross Clark on why - in spite of rising costs - it’s still worth going to university.
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Ignore the fees naysayers – it still pays to go to university | The Spectator
It is not a great advert for university when the universities minister says he is not especially bothered whether his own children go or not. ‘The days of…
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An amusing exploration by Thrillist writer Stephen Rubino of a week living without fear, or more correctly, facing fears. There’s some method in it, some lessons to be learned. |
Live Fearlessly and Seize All the Fun - Thrillist
Go after your goals like you already own them and WIN!
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Feedback from the Schools Together conference last Wednesday, and potential impact on schools’ partnership.
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U-turn over threat to charitable status of private schools | Education | The Guardian
DfE appears to water down manifesto pledge that independents should get tax breaks only by supporting state schools
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An interesting piece on being nice to school staff, saying thank you at the end of lessons etc. On the whole our students are delightful, do thank us for lessons, are enormously polite; nonetheless, it was noted this week that they need to turn on the charm a little earlier, first thing in the morning - not one student was seen to acknowledge staff crossing them over the zebra crossings in school at drop-off. We will be asserting the need to mind manners in our end of week newsletter …
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How strict is too strict at school? | Education | The Guardian
We asked experts, after a Great Yarmouth academy said pupils must smile – and thank teachers after lessons.
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Sam Leith, on Stephen Greenblatt, on Creation.
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The ‘biography’ of the creation myth: The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve reviewed | The Spectator
Trying to reconcile a belief in the literal truth of the Bible with the facts of the world as we observe it has never been the easiest of things. But…
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