We moved on this week to consider the value of ‘Wonder’ – of wonder, awe, appreciation of beauty and excellence. How much do we notice and appreciate beauty, excellence and/or skilled performance in all domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience  – including moral goodness?

We started our exploration by thinking about things which make us go ‘WOW!’  Things which make us catch our breath. We were privileged to be able to watch Manya from LIII  dance for us in assembly on Tuesday, the beauty and message behind her skilled interpretation being enhanced by Sofia’s singing and carefully put together visual images (and enabled by her back-stage helpers Fenella and Pippa). This performance exemplified how often things that make us go ‘wow’, are unexpected, beautiful, surprising, courageous and maybe leave us in admiration of someone. Flash mobs exemplify this – take a look.