“What’s this?” he inquired. “A circus?”
It was time for the fortnight’s excitement, hard work, learning and adventures to come to an end yesterday, as students graduated from Oxford Royale Academy and readied themselves for departure…
Yarnton students bring the talent
The days of anticipation, of feverish preparation at the Manor piano and cries of “once more from the top” heard around the grounds during free time, came to a very…
Monopoly (not the game)
Economics and Management students became experts on monopoly yesterday ―and oligopoly too, for that matter― as they discussed competition, pricing strategies and the regulation of markets. Students were asked to…
Baroque beauty and business psychology
Mazlow’s hierarchy and McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y had students looking at management differently, more systematically, in Economics and Management yesterday. The former model, proposed by psychologist Abraham Mazlow…
World War Three? Yarnton’s on the case
Our Politics and International Relations lessons are producing some of the liveliest and most thoughtful discussions and debates in ORA history. Perhaps that is due to the particularly fascinating and…
Oxford in the imagination
With the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter books filling the streets of Oxford at double strength with tourists eager for a peek at the Great Hall (Christ Church), or…
London’s brilliant parade
It was a superbly sunny day in London, as students pitched up at Jubilee Gardens and took a short hop along the South Bank to the London Aquarium. Students were…
Caveman capers in the Catz marquee
Students put forward impassioned petitions in the Public Speaking and Debate workshop yesterday, as they presented personal orations on the theme, ‘What I would like to change in the world’….
Experiments in punting, politics and psychology
Experimental Psychology lived up to its name yesterday as students learned about the early years of the field, when psychologists rather overstepped ethical boundaries in the name of research and…
App development and tales of derring-do: just another day in the life at Yarnton Manor
Wednesday brought with it a range of academic delights, as students forayed further into the subject matter of their chosen courses. In Economics and Management, discussion focused on industry monopolies,…
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