Where do I start? It’s been quite an interesting week for sure (and it’s only been four days long). Last Friday, through the weekend, saw my ‘in box’ quite active which led to meetings with the local authority and staff. […]
I finished last week’s blog getting ready to support the Year 5 team as they welcomed back the pupils for an evening of space-related activities. This is planned to support the science-related topic they teach with the hope that the […]
Having developed the most awful cold over the weekend (yes, only a cold), I was pleased to wake on Monday morning feeling much better but still with a slightly tired sounding voice. For that reason, Mrs McConnell Smith deputised for […]
I always seem to start blogs in the first week after a holiday by stating that the break is now a ‘dim and distant memory’. For various reasons, this time it seems more pertinent than ever. We have all been […]
We have made it to the end of the half term and I am in no doubt that the break has come as a welcome relief to all, for all sorts of reasons. We continue to be busy in school […]
My blog last week was written from my National Association of Headteachers conference in London. At the time of publishing, there was still one day to go which saw the new Secretary of State for Education, Nadhim Zahawi, come and […]
What an interesting week it has been. I am writing the opening paragraphs of this week’s blog from my room at the Westminster Plaza hotel overlooking the Houses of Parliament as I come to the end of the first day […]
I started last week’s blog talking about the great work our Friends’ Association does and the wonderful contribution to the school coffers made as a result of the events over the last year. What I didn’t share with you, however, […]
I have to start this week’s blog as far back as last Friday when the Friends’ Association hosted a joint schools’ community event at Whitehill. We were blessed with wonderful weather which meant we could make use of the space […]
This week saw the pupils move from the ‘soft start’ approach of the academic year to more traditional curriculum delivery as the teachers began to introduce the pupils to the topics they will be covering this term. Even after only […]