MALVERN TIMES COLLEGE
David Ibbotson giving his first Chapel Address
In this issue
Dear Parents
New members of staff
2
Assassins Game
2
Immigration White Paper 2 Big Physics Quiz
2
Confirmation 3 Musicians 3 Sporting Snippets
FEBRUARY 2019
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At the beginning of this term, there is generally a heightened and determined focus on academic matters: those about to write public examinations in the Summer (the Upper Sixth IB and A level candidates, as well as our GCSE pupils) take their trial examinations and start to gear themselves, for the real thing some months away. Right at the outset at our first assembly, I encouraged all of our pupils to examine their reports in an analytical fashion in each of their subjects, along with the comments of their tutors and Housemaster or Housemistress. I explained that reports are written with the view to making specific adjustments which might see them do better in many cases than they currently are doing and that it takes maturity to consider those diagnostic comments in a positive light and to take appropriate action. I encouraged our young people to consider any differences of view that they may have with their teachers and their tutors so that they are able to be as confident as possible that they know where their strengths lie and where there are areas for improvement. I also asked them to reflect on the notion that actions have consequences and that positive actions generally raise self-esteem which sets them on the road to fulfilment and success, but that bad mistakes and outcomes of inadvisable actions can become so much more telling as they move into their middle and late teens. A single incident which is not clearly thought through can, in certain circumstances, lead to very significant long-term consequences and so the link between actions and outcomes needs to be at the forefront of their minds.
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