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My Leaving Words for the Class of 2016…
Every year I have begun writing something new for our year 6 Leaver’s Service. What I write usually has a theme that runs through it which has been prevalent throughout the year during our collective worship sessions. Key this year has … Continue reading
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29 Days of Writing…surely it will be habit forming!
I’m hoping the promise of a new mug might lure me into carving out just 29 minutes of every day to write. We’ll see! How crazy is it that we are having to ‘find’ 29 minutes. I know many of … Continue reading
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Pupil Voice……..Getting our children to really change practice and policy……
We have been working on our assessment policy. Alongside this is our marking and feedback policy that clearly forms a large part of this. We have been having many interesting debates and conversations around this. However, we have been going … Continue reading
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Something a bit different……a poem
(Just for something a bit different….here is a poem I wrote recently…..) No One Knows Her Name Dazzling emerald eyes, linger, a little too long, pleading, a flicker of expectation. Eyes that have seen war, torment, rage, relentless revenge, her … Continue reading
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Thinking about change…..
Change happens every day, either small, large or without us even noticing. When I first took on this headship, I thought that just me (being a big change in itself) was going to be more change than anyone wanted. I … Continue reading
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Two simple things….
Inset went well today. There were two parts to it. Today I’ll discuss the first part …….. I had one of the teachers feed back on her Philosophy for Children training and then I followed up with questioning techniques and … Continue reading
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The start of another year!
When I look back over a year worth of blog posts, I realise just how quickly a year passes us by. There are ups and downs, but life keeps throwing things our way and we have to deal with them … Continue reading
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Summer is almost here…
A few more days in school….but I’m going to switch myself off from it all soon. I think I owe it to myself! Thinking forwards to September and I get that flutter in my tummy like I’m about to start … Continue reading
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A Woman We Will All Remember…….
I finally introduced the children to Dr. Maya Angelou in assembly. I’m surprised I hadn’t yet and am disappointed that it took her death for me to bring her stories and voice alive to the children I am with now. I … Continue reading
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A little out of practice…..
I actually began a new poem last night. I was inspired to write…I wrote a few good lines…..still don’t know about the whole poem, but I’m still working on it so we will see what comes from it. Writing was … Continue reading
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