MrsBills' Blog

Most of this post has been inspired from 2 sources- one being Curriculum Ed and Clare Sealy talk on boxset curriculum and the other being reading the book Legacy by James Kerr about the All Blacks.  I will start with Clare's talk which inspired me to think about how what we teach needs to be interlinked. This also reminded me of Tom Sherringham's the learning rainforest where we consider knowledge in schemas. I have always traditionally been more skills based as a teacher but this talk really challenged me to think about how when knowledge is clearly thought about and planned accordingly then children can make the links they need from previous learning to support them in their new learning. Rather than each topic being a one off episode (such as the simpsons) where you can 'drop in' at any point instead it is like a really good series (such as line of duty) where you need to know about the characters in order to fully understand what they say. Small, possibly seemi...

Romans 12:2 4-8 Be transformed by Gods renewing- God has placed me in this role not to hide my gifts away but to transform them. That being a leader is about stepping forward and showing others what God is doing. If your gift is to lead do it diligently- v8 what a challenge! My overnight reflections were mainly based on how: * People read me and know far more than I think.  * I need to take control of that and consider thoughtfully and prayerfully the change they will see when I return next week.  * To find ways to be a better servant leader.  * To focus on loving others, giving generously, to grow others. This led to me creating some Emerging leadership goals * to find ways to use key questions that I need to ask -to show vision is in practise and action within school * to feel more confident to answer those questions with gods help and to find different sources when needed * for both good teachers and great leaders questions are key!...

It is the morning after the first day of my first CofE NPQH module.  What a day yesterday was. It was jam packed full of fantastic thoughts, new ideas and information on the assignment. I am currently looking back through my notes after possibly the worst night sleep in a long time! So much for a good night away from the children, someone TV blaring until gone 1am, but never mind! So Jenny started with reflections on Psalm 23 and I loved the link to how it speaks of different aspects of leadership that we explored through the day. Andy Wolfe led us in a truly inspiring session on how vision can inspire passion and knowing SIAMs is coming up for us as a school I found this really helpful. Various documents that I hadn't seen were shared such as the ' Ethos Enhancing outcomes' and I will definitely be making use of the questions in these documents to make staff stop and reflect on new practise in light of the vision.  I also can see how it would be brilliant for gover...