Pastorally Speaking

Pastorally Speaking: Midnight in the Manosphere
Andy Woodward has just returned from an an investigative journey into 'the manosphere', the male world as lived and expressed through social media. As...
Pastorally Speaking: Love Means Boundaries
Setting boundaries for teenagers can be challenging and frustrating for parents but, argues Head of Harrodian Senior School, Andy Woodward, it's well worth the effort
Pastorally Speaking: They are what they eat
Head of Senior School Andy Woodward reminds us why eating breakfast is so important, especially for our teenagers.
Pastorally Speaking: Sharing is Caring
Should teachers share difficult aspects of their own life experience with children? Head of Senior School, Andy Woodward believes such honesty has many potential benefits.
Pastorally Speaking: If Not Us, Then Who?
Mr Woodward's pastoral blog has a guest contributor this week, as Mr Guy Holder states the case for delaying the age at which we give smartphones to our children.
Author: Guy Holder
Pastorally Speaking: Let's Talk about Sex (again)!
How can parents normalise talking about sex to their children? Andy Woodward suggests ways of starting a conversation and explains what Harrodian is...
Pastorally Speaking: Compassion: the Pillar of a Society that Cares
Compassion means taking a conscious decision to educate ourselves about others' experiences and feelings. And that is an important step we want to help our pupils to try and take, argues Andy Woodward.
Pastorally Speaking: What would Queen Victoria do?
Unfashionable as Victorian morality may be, Andy Woodward wonders if the era's educationalists do still have something to teach us about building...
Pastorally Speaking: Listening isn't always Agreeing
It's great that children today are more willing than ever before to tell their parents what they think and feel and that parents are happy to listen...
Pastorally Speaking: Are We Bad At Resting?
Andy Woodward reflects on the importance of self-care and why it is essential our students, particularly those sitting examinations, rest and take helpful breaks from revision.