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Focus on History: How do Today’s Circumstances Compare to Past Pandemics

by Mr David Lee, BA (Manchester), PGCE (Head of History and Politics) Commentators are quick to remind us that these are unprecedented times, before immediately reaching for precedents such as SARS, the Second World War, or more recently, swine flu for comparison. One of the first pandemics recorded in 541 was in Egypt, which did…

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Thinking Big in Small Spaces

by Mr Seán Green, BA (Dublin), PGCE (Head of Philosophy, Religion & Ethics) It’s an interesting time for religion in the age of Corona; Muslims are beginning Ramadan in lockdown, Catholics are still reminiscing of receiving an Urbi et Orbi blessing online, Jews had a Zoom Seder for Pesach, and Streatham & Clapham PRE pupils…

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Why (and how) girls thrive in girls-only schools

Excellent schools encourage and assist pupils to realise their potential, and are designed to equip them for success and fulfilment in the world beyond. Girls’ schools are founded on the principle that these aims are best achieved by educating girls separately.

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The SCHS Sadie Crawford Music Scholarship

Last Saturday, jazz pioneer and saxophone player Sadie Crawford (born 1885 in Tooting) was a ‘lost woman of jazz’ no more. Her pioneering spirit was honoured by a blue historic plaque on her childhood home (and birthplace) in Fountain Road, Tooting, at an event which was a mix of a carnival, street party and a…