Notes on happenings and non-happenings:
routine reports from a 50-year old comprehensive school
MARCH
Root words of the month are -bon and -ben. Number of the month is Pi
Week 23 (cont.):
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Tuesday 1st
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DHT day 2. Assembly, 1:1, safeguarding, interview. Phew! Then govs at 1745.
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Wednesday 2nd
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Balaclava ban. Trouble at the shops. Training session.
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Thursday 3rd
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Greenwich Heads’ Conference in Eastbourne.
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Friday 4th
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And I remain at the seaside, missing World Book Day.
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Week 24:
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Monday 7th
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Borough Heads’ meeting looking at KS4 and 5, stopping the drift to grammar schools from Greenwich. Excellent ideas all round.
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Tuesday 8th
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Early meeting with a much-admired colleague newly re-enthused about prospects.
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Wednesday 9th
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Singing workshop with Ex Cathedra, year 7 and 8, reluctance soon overcome.
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Thursday 10th
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In the afternoon, all the trainee teachers in Greenwich, in our hall: ethics.
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Friday 11th
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ASCL conference until tomorrow, 1000 heads gather. Another Secretary of State.
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Week 25:
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Monday 14th
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…and to the Grocers’ Hall for a Leadership Day and a dinner at the Mercers. Useful!
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Tuesday 15th
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High profile reviews again: 10 most troubled souls in each year. What next to do?
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Wednesday 16th
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Another DHT shortlist. 39 applications, 12 good, 6 listed. My teaching observed.
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Thursday 17th
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HT report to govs, 12 supporting documents. Govs visit attendance, I visit Science.
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Friday 18th
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Brompton to Plumstead at the very start of the day, blessed haircut at the end.
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Week 26:
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Monday 21st
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Delightful visitors from Enfield, nice to talk about why and how we teach.
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Tuesday 22nd
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Improvement Partner visit, then the Anti-Racist Steering Group.
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Wednesday 23rd
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Long and difficult hearing, then union reps’ meeting. Laban in school dancing for us.
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Thursday 24th
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Community school heads online, charming Slovenians, HT performance management.
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Friday 25th
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Talking to Science. Catching up the week.
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Week 27:
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Monday 28th
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DHT Curriculum interviews day 1: lost one candidate overnight, so 5.
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Tuesday 29th
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Day 2: appointment made. It’ll be the first all-female head and DHT team we’ve had.
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Wednesday 30th
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Options evening, the first for 3 years. We nearly forgot how to do it. Nicely busy.
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Thursday 31st
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For the PTI with Schools Northeast in Sunderland! Reading White and Green Papers.
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