Month: January 2016
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Why girls thrive in girls’ schools – Queenswood responds to the SchoolDash study
Here at Queenswood, it has been self-evident for many years that our single-sex environment is especially conducive to academic success. In the summer of 2015, for instance, 100% of GCSE……
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Tiger Parenting’ – striking the right balance
Amy Chua first coined the phrase ‘Tiger Parent’ in her 2011 book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. A Yale law professor with two daughters, her own upbringing influenced her parenting……
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Living and Learning – a never-ending education
In one single week in January I was lucky enough to attend three lectures by world-class intellectuals, without leaving my place of work. On Monday night Professor John Mullan,……
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Fundamental British Values
We have long realised that in a school community that welcomes girls from over 20 different countries, we have the opportunity to educate girls in the global community in which……
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Emotional Resilience
Emotional resilience is a term used to describe how well an individual adapts to stressful situations, setbacks or crises. The concept of emotional resilience was originally constructed to measure the……