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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

May 23, 2010

For Danielle Hope, winner of ‘Over the Rainbow‘ this weekend, her learning journey continues towards eight shows a week on the West End stage. As a headteacher your learning journey is also in full swing. You can boost your leadership by seeing the world from a new perspective too. To find out how go to www.BoostLeadership.com where you [...]

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Shout Out: Haydon Wick Primary School

May 13, 2010

Haydon Wick Primary School Motto: Working together … Playing together Values: Appreciation Honesty Respect Caring Hope Responsibility Co-operation Humility Simplicity Courage Love Thoughtfulness Freedom Patience Tolerance Friendship Peace Trust Happiness Quality Understanding Unity Ages: 4-11 Size: 268 students LEA: Swindon Locality: Semi-Urban Website: http://www.haydonwick.swindon.sch.uk/ Headteacher: Simon Cowley

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Shout Out: Mountford Manor Primary School

May 13, 2010

Mountford Manor Primary School Vision: Challenging today’s child to be tomorrow’s future Strengths: Ethos enables children to feel safe Staff raises children’s self esteem Approaches to behaviour management Work with school community (especially parents and carers) Recent rise in standards Extended schools provision Ages: 3-11 Size: 260 students LEA: Swindon Locality: Urban Website: mountfordmanorswindon.co.uk Headteacher: [...]

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Shout Out: South Marston CofE Primary School

May 13, 2010

South Marston CofE Primary School Vision: Achievement for All Strengths: Creative Curriculum and opportunities for children ICT as a curriculum area Vision of school Governing body Integrated Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Care (SPSC) Ages: 4-11 Size: 107 students LEA: Swindon Locality: Semi-rural village Website: http://www.southmarstonprimary.org/ Headteacher: Alison Lowe

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Shout out about what you are great at

May 9, 2010

A good friend and fellow leadership coach,  Eilidh Milnes, posted on her forum this week a post recommending that every school should seriously consider have a banner outside shouting out how great they are. Eilidh got the idea when driving past a high school in the Congleton area with a banner on the boundary fence which read: I [...]

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What is the biggest goal you have set this year?

March 31, 2010

I have just set my self a HUGE new goal.
Read my latest blog post to find out more…

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What is the difference between a Headteacher and an Entrepreneur?

March 15, 2010

Within teaching there are some teachers that adamantly believe that they can’t learn anything from a primary school teacher if they work in a secondary school, or from an english teacher if they are a maths specialist. Frankly, I think this is rubbish! And I would go even further by saying that there is much [...]

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iMindMap helping schools maximise their potential

January 14, 2010

Congratulations to Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg, South Wales, who recently won the prestigious Becta IT Excellence Award for Best School in Wales, 2009. These awards aim to identify and reward whole school excellence in IT and reward those organisations who support school improvement. You can read more about how this school achieved award winning results [...]

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What could you do with mind mapping in your school?

December 30, 2009

I have just realized that mind mapping is alive in my son’s primary school classroom. Yesterday I created a mind map of the things that I wanted my boys and I to achieve by the end of the day. I drew the mind map on my 5 year old’s white board just after breakfast and [...]

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West Berkshire Council pioneers engagement study in schools

October 22, 2009

Today, my friend Sian Bryant sent me an article which supports my conviction that measuring staff satisfaction can really yield value when deciding and prioritising resources. In West Berkshire some schools have action plans to address issues raised and some have formed working groups to implement changes after their school participated in a staff engagement survey.  Lisa Poole, HR co-ordinator for schools [...]

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