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Teachers don’t like being done to

May 14, 2011

I think the following quote is very true and important for anyone planning CPD in schools to keep at their core. “Teachers don’t like being done to. They are professionals and you need to partner them and help them find their own solutions to a situation.” Ian Nurser, Shropshire primary headteacher and National Leader of Education. [...]

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Being Comfortable In The Skin You’re In

March 13, 2011

Inspired by the final of Let’s Dance for Comic Relief on Saturday, my sister and I rewatched the performances of Robert Webb and Rufus Hound, the winners in 2009 and 2010. You may remember that Robert danced to ‘Flashdance’ and Rufus to Sheryl Cole’s ‘Fight for this Love’. They reminded me how much I admire [...]

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Time to be resilient

October 17, 2010

On the  Teacher Support Network blog yesterday Kevin Armstrong wrote: ” a key question is: why should teachers have to be resilient? In principle, I’m not convinced that resilience should be a prerequisite to teach.” Here was my response: I believe that resilience is an essential characteristic of any well rounded human being and definitely [...]

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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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