Wellbeing

Aug 11, 20202 min read

Surviving Holidays

(Abridged version of ch 24 of my ‘Elephant in the Staffroom’ book) According to the old joke, October is the month where the cricket fan...

Aug 1, 20203 min read

A brief guide to handling teacher emails

In my book ‘the elephant in the staffroom’ I briefly mentioned dealing with email, citing one interesting statistic from John Freeman’s...

Aug 1, 20202 min read

Navigating Change

Change is all around us, some good, some bad. This prompts a lot of reflection and there is much to reflect upon. One reflection is...

Jul 18, 20202 min read

In the belly of the whale

Recently I re-read the story of Jonah in the Bible. (Yes, I am aware that the Bible uses the word 'fish' rather than whale but I'm going...

May 18, 20202 min read

10 Covid Commandments - via Rick Warren

Most of us if we're honest are having good days and bad days at the minute. After a couple of bad days I downloaded some podcasts given...

May 12, 20203 min read

Teacher bashing

I don’t think it’s just me. Has anyone else noticed that it seems to be open season on teachers at the moment? From criticism of online...

Apr 15, 20203 min read

#50isplenty

Recent news stories of 60 hour weeks, Debra Kidd’s honest reflections on her experience and the subsequent debate on Twitter have led me...