Notes on happenings and non-happenings:
routine reports from a 50-year old comprehensive school
JANUARY
Root word of the month is vid or vis
Week 16:
Tuesday 4th
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Second Covid for the HT, symptomless, off until 10th. Maddening. Testing in school.
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Wednesday 5th
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Doing it remotely, ten things to do today would be so much quicker live.
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Thursday 6th
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Thinking about where we are with leadership ethics. Intruder on site dispatched.
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Friday 7th
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Thinking about where we are with leadership ethics. Intruder on site dispatched.
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Week 17:
Monday 10th
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Back! Meetings still virtual but walkabout is actual. Progress under scrutiny (from us).
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Tuesday 11th
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Training planning, unions meeting, HR issues, y13 mocks, call with Chair of Govs.
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Wednesday 12th
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Governors visiting maths department, meeting online with LA about partnerships.
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Thursday 13th
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Marking y13 exams then talking to Early Career Teachers about professional ethics.
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Friday 14th
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Staffing meeting for September! What do we need? Who have we got?
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Week 18:
Monday 17th
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A deep dive into Geography by a former colleague: lovely curriculum.
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Tuesday 18th
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Visiting a Huntingdon school. Leadership and governors’ meetings online. Fidgeting.
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Wednesday 19th
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Govs Deficit Reduction. Y11 parents online. LA KS4-5 group. Tallis Jury Service.
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Thursday 20th
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Applicants for DHT post visit. Call from a local colleague I’ve not spoken to before.
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Friday 21st
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More applicants. More online meetings. Flight socks required.
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Week 19:
Monday 24th
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Visiting a Leeds school. Thinking about maths teaching (not a career change for me).
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Tuesday 25th
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Report launch: recruiting and retaining teachers through better CPD. Who’ll listen?
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Wednesday 26th
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Briefing on behaviour. Thinking about SEND.
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Thursday 27th
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LA Children and Young People’s Board. 3 more DHT candidates! Tricky conversation.
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Friday 28th
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Catching up on anti-racist journey progress.
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Week 20:
Monday 31st
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Residential for school leaders, busy day at school, 2 ambulances.
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