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Abbey: Connected

Each week, Abbey staff provide their reflections on a wide range of issues that affect education, the UK and the wider world. Click the button below to read through the library of articles.

Betwixt and Between

We talk a lot about beginnings and endings in schools, in stories and indeed, in life. And it’s easy to understand why. They are simple to comprehend, and precise about what’s occurring at that point…

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The great sorting hat debate

One of the pleasant aspects of working at Hogwarts must be the admissions policy. There’s no agonising about student selection: candidates simply show up on the magical register and off they go.…

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Growing Together

Our daughters’ school years are an important, transformative time to grow, both physically and emotionally. To mark Children’s Mental Health Week, we have been considering this year’s theme of…

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In praise of curiosity

To start simply: learning is the best part of living. Every day, every week, every year, throughout our lives, we learn. Every new experience; every repeated joy that lands differently because this…

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The nicest things you can have…

A firm friend in our Junior School celebrated his 96th Birthday last week, and to mark him being Very Old Indeed, we have been reflecting on his character and the wonderful adventures which he has…

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