Attendance There are some fundamental requirements for learning to take place. One of the most basic of which, is turning up. You can’t learn if you’re not at school. Boys at ATC have (on average) 17…

On one of my walks with my daughter during the holidays, I observed an older boy/young man patiently teaching and modelling the steps in how to do a handstand to a young boy. It was a picture-perfect…

We know boys We are unashamedly a boys’ school, belonging to a network of Edmund Rice schools around the country that mostly provide education to boys. We have a long history and tradition of provid…

On our humanity We are in the business of engaging in deeply human work. We encounter real people, in real time every day. I have said for many years, we teachers are exhausted at the end of a term …

Being a Good Host Our young men at the College really are wonderful ambassadors. Last Thursday they really outdid themselves and I am certain parents would be proud of their sons as they hosted more …

International Women’s Day The growing awareness, and celebration of, International Women’s Day is something that I have maintained for some time should be particularly marked in a boys’ school. We w…

Smart and Dumb Phones Most children at our school have a mobile phone. Nearly all of them are a so-called smart phone. When I ask parents why they have provided their child with a phone, the most com…

More than Enough I think it was the first time I visited a majority world country on an immersion, and not as a tourist, that I came to realise that in my privileged world I have more than enough. …

This week marks the most solemn season in our Catholic calendar: Lent. On Ash Wednesday we will be marked with the Ashes on our foreheads, as a visible sign of our humanity, and repentance. We are re…