This week may have ended with the unwelcome and salutary reminder of our over-reliance on technology when the internet went down for most of Friday, but it started simply with Thanksgiving. Those of you who experienced Catholic primary education will remember fondly no doubt the Harvest festival and the collection of items of food at this time of the year – we did similar last September. It is a worthy and important source of charity, but is more importantly a way of rememb

At the end of each assembly this week Mr. Jordan issued a very simple challenge to the 200 or so pupils sitting on the benches in front of him: smile. There was more to this than might first appear. Our assemblies have been focused on peace, that quality that is so very absent from so many places and people. Understandingly we focus on lamented where it is missing and often miss our own role in this. We focus on perceived unfairness, petty grudges and long-held grievance