As part of my ongoing quest to tidy things up and reach a point where I can be relatively satisfied that I have no burning issues left to share, this week’s offering from my ‘Unused Material’ file is going to prove a challenge to compile with a positive spin because much of it refl...

My first duty this week is to draw your attention to something genuinely shocking that is taking place before our very eyes, and yet often goes unseen.  You need to be aware of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO), which is a colourless, tasteless liquid found in acid rain, nuclear waste a...

It occurred to me over the half-term break that I will need to be particularly organised with these blogs in the coming months to ensure I tell you everything I want to share with you before the time comes to move on – though I already know that this is a target I will miss.  I suppose I...

The arguments around the cancellation of the HS2 link from Birmingham to Manchester, which came on top of the previous news that the links to Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford were no longer part of the plan either, reminded me of what it is like not living in London.  If you have never experienced...

  ‘The time has come,' the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, Of cabbages and kings, And why the sea is boiling hot, And whether pigs have wings.'

In my assemblies with the pupils this week, I shared with them a few facts and figures that I gleaned from my summer book list, and I read them the introduction to Ed Yong’s ‘An Immense World’ because I had enjoyed it so much.  Although I would not describe this year as a bump...