[This post first appeared on the Independent Schools’ Council Blog] Following recent comments by the Children’s Commissioner regarding online safety, Mrs Caroline Dunn, Deputy Head (Pupil Progress and Welfare) argues that adults do not necessarily have a greater understanding of emerging technologies than young people. I don’t […]
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Labels: A Strange Relationship
We have a strange relationship with labels; some labels we actively pursue, others we do all that we can to avoid. Reflections on how we are defined have been prompted by a number of recent events. Firstly, the reaction to Margaret Thatcher’s death. I wonder […]

The Danger of Language
The well-known nursery rhyme, heard throughout the land, would have us believe that ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.’ It suggests that we are impervious to the hurt that language can inflict. But that is …
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US Election Confirms Social Media Revolution
Old Waconian (former Cheadle Hulme School pupil) Alexandra Severn, now working in digital PR at http://www.miss-market.co.uk, assesses the importance of social media in the 2012 US election cycle: US ELECTION CONFIRMS SOCIAL MEDIA REVOLUTION Social media transformed the US presidential …
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