HEADMASTER UPDATES

Headmaster’s Just a Thought

           ‘JUST A THOUGHT’…..              ‘You are braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.’ – Winnie The Pooh (A.A.Milne) What a wonderful week we have enjoyed at Pownall this week! The Languages Day was great fun on Tuesday.  You were engaged with the […]

Headmaster’s Just a Thought

This week we have fallen. Under the weight of the grief that has shrouded us all we have staggered and we have fallen. But this is a proud, strong, rich in culture, courageous and wonderful city and its people, our community will rise again; we have already begun to. Our example of resilience and courage […]

Headmaster’s Just a Thought………

Joseph’s Goal is Pownall’s Goal

Local boy Joseph Kendrick is seven years old and has NKH, (Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia), a very rare life-limiting genetic disorder that severely affects his development. Joseph’s Goal is a charity set up in October 2012 by Joseph’s parents, Emma and Paul, to increase awareness of NKH and to raise funds for research. In this time they […]

Let it be…

Let it be I was going through a really difficult time around the autumn of 1968. Then one night, somewhere between deep sleep and insomnia, I had the most comforting dream about my mother, who died when I was only 14. She had been a nurse, my mum, and very hardworking, because she wanted the […]

Flying high in Form 1

Form 1 have been using our extensive, beautiful, rural 8 acre site as an inspiration for their recent Art topic on Birds. Mrs Henning-Lee, our wonderfully talented Art Specialist teacher for Form 1 upwards is very proud of what they have achieved. An incredible array of advanced skills have been demonstrated by our wonderful 5 […]

Space Month ‘blasts off’ @ Pownall!

Pupils of all ages at Pownall will be enjoying the ‘awe and wonder’ activities of their Space Month that started today. Augmented and Virtual Reality, trips to observatories and visiting ones at school, i-pad apps, live links to the ISS, tethered and space balloon launches…to name just a few of the wonderful opportunities through our […]

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Form 5 Book Swap

Book Swap

Praise for Honest Pupil

PRAISE FOR HONEST PUPIL