Monday, 19 January 2015

TOGETHER WE CAN... PASS IT ON!

I have visited some great schools over the last term and each visit makes me realise that leadership, teaching and teamwork are what matters.

Sunday, 18 January 2015

HAPPY SUNDAY... PASS IT ON!

Another cold, frosty but sunny morning here in York...
...hope that the sun is shining where you are!

Thursday, 15 January 2015

THE 'MADE IN SHEFFIELD' ENGINEERING STRAND.... PASS IT ON!

While I was in Sheffield today, I also met with colleagues from the schools working on the engineering/advanced manufacturing strand of the Cutlers’ “Made in Sheffield’ Programme. These schools are Bradfield School, Firth Park Community College,  Handsworth Grange School, Stocksbridge High School, Westfield School and Yewlands Academy.

MADE IN SHEFFIELD HEADTEACHERS SESSION... PASS IT ON!

I was in Sheffield today for a breakfast meeting with headteachers, principals and colleagues from the schools involved in the Cutlers' Made in Sheffield scheme. We are meeting twice a year to review the progress we are making and to look at how we can continue to develop the work we have been doing. 

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING EVERYTHING... PASS IT ON!

We have come a very long way since I started out in this wonderful profession and together we have achieved so much with technology changing the learning landscape beyond anything I could have imagined. And by the way don't believe those miserable individuals who constantly run down what our schools and our young people are achieving… all the evidence suggests that our young people are smarter and cleverer than ever and so are our teachers!

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

KINDNESS MATTERS... PASS IT ON!

While there is a lot wrong with it, at its brilliant best, the NHS is simply wonderful...

Monday, 12 January 2015

CONNECTED LEARNERS MATTER... PASS IT ON!

What always surprises me is how much potential there is out there. Our job as leaders, as managers, as coaches, as teachers, as parents, as people who care, is to help individuals set their goals, realise their enormous potential and understand that this is not as good as it gets! And, I realise more and more as I get older that it is all about co-operation, teamwork, networking and partnering. 

Saturday, 10 January 2015

PASSION MATTERS... PASS IT ON!

Education is a passionate enterprise built on the interaction between human beings: teachers, students and parents.