A Happy New Year to you. Let us all hope that the “jab” is at the end of the tunnel! Time will tell. As we all try to make the most of our ever changing situations, I wanted to update you on all that your hard working support staff are doing to further the way …
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In the forthcoming edition of Prep School Magazine Gareth Jones, Headmaster of St Andrew’s Prep in Eastbourne, looks at why the spirit of adaptability has never been more necessary and what schools should do to lighten the weight of responsibility on today’s children. To read the full article, sign up to SATIPS and to receive …
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The ever-popular SATIPS National Handwriting Competition is now underway and we look forward to receiving entries from all schools as well as SATIPS members. The competition is open to all Prep, Junior and Primary Schools, with the winning school receiving the Nexus Shield, sponsored by the school stationery group. Individual winners and runners up also …
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Prep School Magazine is about to celebrate its 100th edition. Published by SATIPS in partnership with publishers John Catt Ltd, Prep School Magazine is published three times a year. Read by heads, bursars, governors and teaching staff in over 1500 UK independent prep schools, it is packed with articles and comment on best practice taking …
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In the latest edition of the English broadsheet, Charlotte Weatherley, Assistant Head at Knighton House, outlines why how you learn is often more important than what you learn. She outlines how Knighton House set pupils a series of challenges linked to how they learn, aimed at helping them to be able to adapt to whatever …
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This is an extract from the latest edition of the Classroom Management broadsheet, published by SATIPS and edited by Mark Philpott, Head of Computing at The Elms, Trent College. To be an effective teacher, you must be able to build positive relationships with your pupils – because it causes them to want to listen to …
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Do you want to adopt a “meaningful, manageable and motivating” perspective to marking? Are you looking to make marking more manageable whilst still adding value? SATIPS’ webinar on Tuesday, November 10th (3pm-5.30pm) will help do just that. During the webinar, which will be useful to all prep school teachers but is particularly suited to teachers …
The 2021 SATIPS Challenge has been postponed from original planned dates until further notice due to the current situation. Please watch the website and SATIPS social media for further updates. We hope to still run the challenge this year at a slightly later date. An update on the 2020 SATIPS Challenge from Harry Paget and …
Many months ago, before the Covid19 reared its head, I was approached to consider becoming President of SATIPS. Having been a career long supporter of this great organisation it took very little to persuade me to attempt to fill this honourable role. Why? Because I have always believed that its great strength is that it …
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‘I’m not willing to risk my life over it,’ one music teacher says