Head of Pupil Development Dr Preetpal Bachra discusses the School’s approach to its week-long focus on mental health and wellbeing, which started in recognition of World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10 October. Dr Bachra explains how the School’s creative installations aim to encourage...
Read MoreSecond Master Richard Jones explores the question he has been asked the most over the past couple of weeks… ‘What is your first impression of Bryanston?’
Read MoreHeadmaster Mark Mortimer looks forward to a new term and reflects on how lockdown reminded us that it takes face-to-face relationships to breathe life into a school…
Read MoreTeacher of Modern Languages and Yoga Instructor Ro Pakenham-Walsh explains why yoga and meditation have such an important part to play in regulating our emotions. Ro also shares her top tips for self-care and explores how to take advantage of the slower pace of life that we find ourselves in...
Read MoreHead of Pastoral Preetpal Bachra considers how we can adjust our own behaviours in order to energise ourselves as well as our children. Preeptal also reflects on the ways in which our behaviour can be ‘nudged’ by our home environment and suggests that this period of lockdown could provid...
Read MoreHead of Pastoral Preetpal Bachra considers the complexities of engaging with our children while they are studying at home during this period of lockdown and suggests that relationships, reflection and reframing should be considered the new three Rs of education.
Read MoreGod made us all, each wonderfully different...
Read MoreA few weeks ago I spoke at my last Speech Day as a Head of Bryanston School. A leitmotif of my final chance to hold forth to a full Greek Theatre was of not outstaying one’s welcome and knowing when it is the right time to stay or to go. I used one of my favourite poems, which I quot...
Read MoreThere is change in the air here at Bryanston. At the end of term, a cohort of our pupils and some long-serving members of staff will be leaving for pastures new. Many of the pupils will have spent two, three, four or five years at this most amazing of places to live and work.
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