Views from the Hill

How to Ignite Passion as an Educator

Mr Alan Rees, Teacher of Physics and STEM enthusiast, perfectly reflects on the learning processes of education and offers an intriguing scientific analogy.

Young Enterprise: The Recipe for Success

The Young Enterprise Scheme runs every year at Farnborough Hill, under the expert guidance of Business and Economics Teacher Miss Lucy Miller.  We spoke with Miss Miller and two Year 10 pupils, Eesha, Managing Director of Lazy Mountain, and Gabby, Managing Director of Aura, to learn more about the entrepreneurial scheme.

A Passion for the EPQ

It is always the passion with which the girls engage with their topic that is the most striking, however, and it wonderful not only to see Sixth Form students picking up their Year 9 topics for further development at EPQ level but to hear of undergraduate dissertations being written on issues first considered as a project.

More Than Words: The Importance of Public Speaking

Mrs Lori Winch-Johnson, Teacher of English and Head of Learning Support, believes it is also not too far-fetched to say that effective public speeches have shaped history and have been as powerful as the sword for good or bad.