Category: Head’s Blog

Today marks the Day 17 milestone of Virtual Learning at WPNY. Honestly, well done. As each day passes, we are all starting to master a new way of living and learning and I commend us all for the way we are collectively choosing to navigate these unpredictable waters. At times like this, the importance of…

This time last year, in April 2019, if anyone had predicted where I would be writing my first Summer Term 2020 Wetherbridge article, I may well have smiled and shrugged it off. However, as we know, circumstances often have an agenda of their own and no amount of planning can predict all eventualities and set…

Welcome back to you all! As blog is posted today, my dedicated team are meeting with me on Zoom to launch this new term, armed with creative ideas, final plans and positivity. I am immensely proud of our school community and the teaching and administration team at WPNY are full of their customary professionalism and…

It has certainly been an unconventional and slightly surprising end to the spring term. However, it is during cycles and times like this that communities come together, and new and creative solutions are found for progress. Today is the first day of Spring Break and school is due to re-open again on Monday 30th March….

I was lucky to grow up in a family that loves literature and languages and from an early age my father owned a small bookshop on Regent’s Street in London, called ‘Bookends’. I can remember the excitement I felt when I visited the shop and the children’s section was designed as a World of Beatrix…

I am writing this week’s article ahead of my termly visit to London. Whilst I look forward to seeing my London colleagues, the Head Office Team and recruiting new pools of teaching talent to the school, it often follows that the day before I leave is often one of the best here in New York!…

We have been talking a lot about leadership and personal role models recently. Sir Ernest Shackleton seems to have captured the imagination of your children in the last few weeks. His intrepid expeditions in 1914-16 highlight an extraordinary leader and visionary, despite many thinking his mission was a colossal failure. His sense of endurance knew…

2020 has certainly arrived and we have begun the year with our customary array of new events and activities. Last term was a vast 16 weeks long and it is good to see the children return to school looking and feeling refreshed. On the flip side, this term is only 10 weeks, but the school…

So here we are– we made it to the end of another action-packed and very happy Autumn Term at WPNY. This is our customary final festive photo gallery and we hope you enjoy the photographs taken from our Carols by Candlelight, Holiday Sweater Day, the Nursery and Pre-K Holiday Show, ‘Ralph the Reindeer’ and from…

I welcomed Professor Pat Preedy to the School on 15th October for her annual three day visit to Wetherby-Pembridge. This is always a rewarding and highly inspiring time for both the children and the teaching community, and this year was no exception. For me as Head, I can stand back and watch our school, team…