It has been a while since the last blog and it certainly is a case of habits and losing the momentum. I write that but who on earth reads these anyway? Just the wife and Nige (hello both). As I reflect on the past few weeks and think further back to the days of Lockdown … Continue reading
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Disturbed Weekends and Non-Stop Days
It’s been quite a week and I know as a school leader it will be the same for so many more. We all know that Covid19 isn’t going away any time soon and we are all (I think) trying our best to have children at school and maintain as much normality as possible. I’ve had … Continue reading
Lock It Down
The end of the half term break is almost upon us and we prepare to return to school. It has gone quite well over the half term since summer but sadly, Covid19 cases have risen nationally so it means a lockdown for all. As a school leader it kind of means carry on for me … Continue reading
All in a Half-Term
Well, seven weeks on and being an educator, it is some achievement to have reached the first break of the academic year, in these current times, still smiling. As said today to a colleague who commented that I am still smiling; “Always” – what is the alternative? As we hit the mid-way point of October, … Continue reading
Tighter Measures – Necessary?
Thanks for the announcement Boris. Tighter measures looming and they will be appreciated by some and others, deplored. Where do you sit in all of this? As I’ve stated since mid March, it’s really difficult and you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. We can all see the many out and about, … Continue reading
Lovely view on the way back on our bike ride in Nottingham
Covid 2 – School 3
It is the start of another weekend and covid continues to cause upset and be a challenge for many, especially in the world of education. The stories of headteachers struggling to staff the classes is a much read event. The hit on attendance in schools; a little under a tenth absent due to symptoms they … Continue reading
Carry on Covid
Almost three weeks back at school now for those of us in the Leicester region and it’s been a bit of a mixed bag. Absolutely brilliant to see the children and colleagues back at school, positivity oozing and the weather – can’t complain! The darker side of it all is the mixed and confused understanding … Continue reading
Hit for Six
Four days since the last blog. Things seem to go well, despite the pressures in education of looking after the children and parents, reminders, clarity and reassurance. So many of the parents in many schools I am sure, are hugely grateful for the immense work that goes into it all. Many of those parents will … Continue reading
Great to Return
It has been a few days since the last blog, At the time time of writing, a spider has just crawled down the corner of the room and when approached, jumped (released itself from its contact to the wall) and fallen to the floor. I am imagining it landing on its feet and now making … Continue reading
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