Category: Head’s Blog

Balancing urgency and importance

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As we have so much of our time reacting to the ever-evolving situation of late, as well as planning our responses to the possible scenarios ahead, I have become ever more mindful of the tension between urgency and importance in our work in school. Some people tend to get urgency and importance confused. Urgency is […]

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Pupil Happiness and wellbeing on return to school

.Reading time 15 minutes.

We are certainly not planning to start in early September by simply launching into the new timetable, reminding our pupils of the processes in place and expecting them to just ‘get on with things.’  As always, we need to be mindful of their happiness and wellbeing in all we do too. Insecurity, confusion, trepidation, bewilderment […]

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Kindness matters most

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When pondering the meaning of “being kind” we tend to think about a friend or family member who we know we can rely on for comfort and support, maybe we think of a neighbour who always makes an effort to be friendly when you cross paths, or maybe you think of those who volunteer to […]

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