When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy.                                                                                                              J.M. Barrie

It can be quite confusing when listening to people speak about wellbeing.

This week has been Children’s Mental Health Week and the theme is, ‘My Voice Matters’. Student voice refers to the collective opinions, ideas, and preferences of students within an educational environment.

During Senior Assembly on Thursday, I spoke to the boys about the value of determination, and mentioned a number of examples of people who have overcome considerable challenges to achieve great things in life.

The build-up to Christmas at Pilgrims’ is very special. There is a definite sense of the holiday season approaching when the sound of Christmas carols begin to emanate from the Pilgrims’ Hall and Octagon, and boys are humming their favourite tune as they move around the school.

I happened upon Albert Camus in my second year of university, when a friend of mine who was reading Philosophy at the time, tossed a copy of the essay The Myth of Sisyphus my way.