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What People Say...
What People Say...
The Manager, Club-Hotel Provencal, Ski Trip 2011
“I am just sending a quick email to say that I have just had the most pleasurable week of the season so far. Your children were polite as well as tidy and respectful towards the hotel and it was a pleasure to engage in conversation with them. I only wish that all of the school groups passing through my doors were quite as charmimg.”
From a Head of Department at a Leading Scottish Senior School
(about former Craigclowan pupils)
“As their teacher, it was very clear to me that all these students had benefitted from outstanding teaching at Craigclowan and that the success at GCSE would not have been possible without this base. Not only do these students have an excellent foundation in ..., but they also know how to learn and are motivated, committed students. This attitude was apparent from the moment they arrived here.”
A Stranger in your Midst
by Margaret Christie
(English & Latin Teacher • March 2011 - December 2011)
(English & Latin Teacher • March 2011 - December 2011)
I arrived, a stranger in your midst, at the end of March, to be interviewed by Mr. Rathborne with a view to covering Mrs. Wright’s classes in Latin and English until her return. What on earth was I doing here, I wondered: a retired teacher; no spring chicken – and never having taught any pupil under the age of 12! Carol, Ian and Liz were there to welcome and reassure me. “You’ll be fine” said Carol airily, dashing off to her class.
And I was. Just fine. Thanks to the support and friendliness of all the staff, from Mr. Rathborne to Ollie the ‘gappy’, there was not one moment of anxiety or of feeling out of place; everyone went out of his/her way to make me feel part of the school. Craigclowan is indeed fortunate in the calibre of its staff, who strive at all times to uphold not only a high standard of academic excellence but also an ethos of nurture for each pupil in every aspect of his/her school life.
I found this a wonderful atmosphere in which to work.
The pupils are a credit to the school and to their parents, what a delightful group of young people! They have the respect for the school, its staff and for each other; at no point did I hear a word spoken in anger or witness any lack of self-control or inflammatory situation. What l did observe was a healthy ethos of competition, hard work and good-natured activity - and a lot of laughter!
Craigclowan is a happy school, and it has been a privilege to have been part of it.