Day 35 as Headteacher: ✅Gate duty ✅Weekly memo ✅Safeguarding Call ✅Wrote Parent Newsletter ✅Gold Assembly ✅Helped wipe down tables as caretaker is off, and Year 1 did clay ✅Sent staff home to enjoy the ☀️ #First100days

So grateful to James and his team at Ryder & Dutton in Kirkburton for their generous donation towards our new Kirkburton CE First School school library! So fantastic to see them supporting children's literacy! #ryderdutton

Day 41 as Headteacher: ✅ Safeguarding call ✅ Communications with several parents ✅ Meeting with business manager ✅ Start on report comments ✅ write newsletter ✅ Swimming lesson with my little girl #First100days

Day 48 as Headteacher: ✅ Sort cover for the final week ✅ Gate Duty ✅ Finally able to sort staff deployment for next year ✅ Letter to Parents ✅Emails ✅ Meet EYFS lead about assessment ✅Sports Day ✅ Staff meeting on curriculum planning #First100days

Following the continuous snowfall yesterday and overnight, I have taken the decision to CLOSE SCHOOL TODAY. The safety of pupils, families and staff is key to all we do, and I do not feel confident that we could guarantee that around the site or on journeys to and from school.

Grant an inquiry of the Ofsted inspection at Caversham Primary School chng.it/JNQ975cL via Change.org UK

THE CALL Imagine having a really important interview that you’ve prepared years for and you badly want to ace. You’ve worked as hard as you could and have committed your life to it. Imagine every night going to bed, wondering if it’ll be the next day. But it doesn’t come that

Inspections going forward . All I want is: 1. Primary inspectors for primaries 2. EYFS specialists for eyfs inspections 3. A primary framework 4. A small school framework 5. More notice 6. Removal of one word judgements 7. Separate annual safeguarding checks 8. Consistency

Our parents and carers are amazing! One mum has spent this week creating this amazing wall mural for our school library! #reading #library

The parents/carers Kirkburton CE First School are amazing! One mum had spent this week creating this amazing mural for our new school library! #reading #library #childrenreading

Jo LaCava has given Luke Donald the world’s easiest team talk heading into the singles. I reckon a tiny part of Donald would’ve wanted it to be close, to respect all the fans that have spent time and money to come and watch. Now it’ll have been simple: No mercy. #RyderCup2023

Just had a lovely stay and play with our new reception families - so gorgeous to see them shining and learning!

Hey SmallSchoolHT, how’s your day looking? Today I’m pressure hosing all the leaves off our playground; can’t afford to get someone in to do it but risk the kids slipping. Life in a small school, huh?

Over 30% of teachers and 15% of leaders lost from education every 5 years. We have to start thinking out of the box.

Okay it’s official.

Update! The fundraising target of £50,000 has just been reached! THIS is humanity! THIS is how we stand together. THIS is how we cause change. ❤ Fundraiser by Julia Waters : Fund family’s legal costs for Ruth Perry inquest gofund.me/5a059fa7

Ofsted accused of ‘misleading’ inquest into death of teacher Ruth Perry theguardian.com/education/2023…

So true! 💯

Do any schools out there use the Testbase primary assessments and would be happy to share their thoughts on them? Looking to move away from Pira and Puma to something more mirroring SATs. Thanks!