At the end of every year, in the first week of the summer holidays I like to get away. For me it’s a way of resetting the clock and spending some much-needed time with my (long-suffering!?!?!) husband – we could just stay at home and lock away the world but it’s nice to just get … Read more
It’s Wednesday!! So …. today saw me heading up the M6 again to Eden Boys School in Bolton – before I forget … BEST CAKES EVER!!! (Were I to grade my visits to schools based on the cakes this one is 10/10!! … I don’t do that though!! No … seriously I don’t) The trip … Read more
This one is better than falling asleep last week on the train because it all happened in public … I swear I am a complete and utter knob at times! This morning I was at one of the Pearson collaborative network meetings and thought: “ooh I like that NAVY LINEN dress” that one of the women … Read more
At about 8:30 this evening my conversation on the phone with my hubbie went a little like this: Me: Hiya. I’m on the last leg of my train journey – should get in to Brum just after 9. Good day? Him: Yep. You? (he’s not a phone person!) Me: Yeah. Good. Not sure about this … Read more
Yay. We made it. Term one is done and dusted but what a term it has been! The academic year started with the school where we moved to last September expecting a visit from Osfted – as a school that “requires improvement” already being an academy if they didn’t like what they saw we knew … Read more
Do you ever have one of those days? Well I’m having one of those weeks! I’ve come to the conclusion that teaching means living your life in blocks of 6-8 weeks. I find myself saying “oh I’ll do it in the next holidays”. This just can’t be right. There has to be a better way … Read more
I feel the need to tell you a story (occasionally I take liberties with my blog and this is one of those occasions … indulge me – it helps me to get stuff written down. For some reason it helps me rationalise things!) The following is a story about events that changed the life of … Read more
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