Royal High voices

Head Mrs Kate Reynolds
The Head's Study

Reading - The Head's Study

To Kindle or to Book? Having bid farewell to our lucky group of Jasper skiers on Wednesday with their enormous, colourful suitcases, I wonder how many of them deliberated, as I do, about how to balance my love of a real book with the realities of limited packing space when going away?

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Nursery and Prep School

Nursery embrace #mentalhealthweek

For Children's Mental Health Week the girls in Nursery have been taking part in daily yoga and sunshine circles (focussing on relaxation and emotions).

Kate
The Head's Study

Thoughts from the Head - Reading

To Kindle or to Book? Having bid farewell to our lucky group of Jasper skiers on Wednesday with their enormous, colourful suitcases.

Kate
The Head's Study

Thoughts from the Head - A Time for Everything

Wednesday or Thursday? It depends who you ask. Thursday was definitely the girls’ most popular day!

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The Head's Study

Thoughts from the Head - Success

What does success look like in 2020? I spoke to Sixth Formers today about seminal moments during my own sixth form experience. This included a count of personal failures: 1 x music scholarship; 2 x Oxbridge rejections; 3 x driving tests.

Kate
The Head's Study

Thoughts from the Head - Music – the food of love?

In a week where we celebrate the opening of Royal High’s new Steinway Music School, how serendipitous to read about the importance of music and diversity as well as the research that suggests that learning a musical instrument aids academic success.

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The Head's Study

Thoughts from the Head - Curiosity

We would be forgiven in thinking in this season of mock exams that education is all about the end product: the test.

Kate
The Head's Study

Thoughts from the Head - Happiness

Visions. Strategy. New Year’s resolutions. Three topics that have cropped up quite a bit in my first 48 hours.

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Royal High voices, Senior School

Maths Inspiration

On Thursday 28th November, 9 girls spent the afternoon at the Maths Inspiration Trip held at the Bristol Hippodrome. We were given the opportunity to listen to inspiring maths speakers, presenting mathematics in the context of exciting, real-world applications