Wellbeing

Surviving Holidays

(Abridged version of ch 24 of my ‘Elephant in the Staffroom’ book) According to the old joke, October is the month where the cricket fan...

A brief guide to handling teacher emails

In my book ‘the elephant in the staffroom’ I briefly mentioned dealing with email, citing one interesting statistic from John Freeman’s...

Navigating Change

Change is all around us, some good, some bad. This prompts a lot of reflection and there is much to reflect upon. One reflection is...

In the belly of the whale

Recently I re-read the story of Jonah in the Bible. (Yes, I am aware that the Bible uses the word 'fish' rather than whale but I'm going...

10 Covid Commandments - via Rick Warren

Most of us if we're honest are having good days and bad days at the minute. After a couple of bad days I downloaded some podcasts given...

Teacher bashing

I don’t think it’s just me. Has anyone else noticed that it seems to be open season on teachers at the moment? From criticism of online...

#50isplenty

Recent news stories of 60 hour weeks, Debra Kidd’s honest reflections on her experience and the subsequent debate on Twitter have led me...