Burnout is insidious; it creeps up on you like poison ivy and takes hold, dragging you down like quick sand. We all lead busy lives and rush around with this schedule and that, and stress is the natural order of the day. The highs and lows of working in education or indeed any other environment […]
One Teacher’s favourite is another Nemesis
One Teacher’s favourite is another’s Nemesis. So what do you do when your best pupil is making a colleagues life a misery? We’ve all been there it’s only natural, but relationships can make or break a day in school. I hadn’t appreciated the effect this had on other colleagues properly until I became a figure […]
Transition! Remember Teachers are included.
September is a significant date in the school year for everyone in Education. Transition can be seen everywhere. Mums and Dads clutching tissues and cameras at the school gates as they wave their 5 year old off for the first time. Parents discreetly hanging back as their 11 year olds go off to ‘BigSchool’ either […]
Deep Dive? and Death by Powerpoint don’t forget to live?
I have just had the pleasure of working alongside aspiring Middle Leaders, passionate, committed and creative people. I’ve listened to a range of vocabulary such as ‘deep dive’ and ‘drill down’ that nobody outside the profession would have a clue what they were talking about. I’ve looked at data, graphs and statistics from every which […]
Kick but…
Kick but….. For a little word, but has been allowed to have an awful lot of power. It casts doubt on an otherwise enjoyable moment It suggests that you shouldn’t have done that It intimates that there was a more suitable way of doing things and it implies however good it might have been you […]
Negative Thought Get Back
Negative thoughts can be sneaky, negative thoughts can be overwhelming, negative thoughts can be exhausting. Negative thoughts should be banished. Next time they come along just imagine you are driving a double Decker bus and those noisy kids, doing all things unmentionable on the back seat come rushing forward to get in front of your […]
It’s OK to be Five again
In the now of everyday you sometimes don’t realise how isolated you have become. Your friends, colleagues and family are so familiar that breaking out into the new can be a bit scary. It’s only when you venture out into the new, that you return to the vulnerable you that was 5 years old on […]
Do your life, don’t think it
What a challenge to live in the present! We are often so busy killing the present moment with worries about tomorrow or regrets about yesterday that we kill our todays.Do your life, don’t think it.
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