Thoughts, comments, ideas and pause for thought from members of our school and extended community.
Next week is Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. The school will be running activities and assemblies based around the theme of 'Express yourself'. The focus is finding ways of talking about and expressing your emotions and feelings, especially in creative and non-verbal ways.
The community at Pilgrims’, although distanced, is stronger than ever.
What did The Pilgrims’ School, Winchester, due to begin their Spring Term at 0830 on Tuesday 5th January do when the Prime Minister announces at 8pm on Monday 4th January that all schools were to close for the first half of term? Why, they re-launched Virtual Pilgrims’, which meant that at 0830 the following morning, 12 hours after the Mr Johnson’s announcement, 95% of pupils logged on to the Headteacher’s online assembly, including key worker boys supervised on site, numerous boys from around the world, AND two boys who were joining Pilgrims’ for their very first day! After a few resets for passwords forgotten over the holidays, all boys were logged into their first lesson of the day, following their new, virtual timetable.
Online Wellness: Part 2
Last week, we took a closer look at online wellness, and in particular the effects of using platforms like Zoom and Google Meet. We articulated some of the pros and cons linked to the use of these now ubiquitous platforms.
We are lucky at Pilgrims' to have staff with a wide range of experiences. During last year's lockdown in South Africa, the fantastic Mr Cuyler (English department) wrote a great piece which is certainly worth sharing with everyone, in two installments. Here is part one.
