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 This blog is one I have been longing to write for many weeks! At last, we will all be back together in school from today.  I know that all the teachers are really relieved and excited to...

I vividly remember the day that the school site fell silent last March, following the government announcement that all schools should switch to remote learning. I walked the site, blooming with daffodils,  cherry blossom and...

 Last week in assembly I talked to the girls about Pancake Day and the season of Lent. Lent is associated with giving things up, nowadays usually chocolate, and looking forward to Spring and Easter. Traditionally, it...

This week I have felt like a dormouse coming out of hibernation ( though not many dormice work flat out during the winter, so perhaps this is a poor analogy). I suppose, I am referring...

By Guest Blogger, education journalist Emma Lee-Potter The past year has been exceptionally tough for schools, with cancelled exams, remote learning and children and teenagers unable to see their friends for months on end. But...

Last week I watched “New Lives in the Wild,” a programme that features people who have decided to live life in the wildest parts of Britain. This week’s episode focussed on an author who has...

Who would have thought that weekend family activities might include tidying the kitchen cupboards or deciding whether to turn left or right when walking out of the house. As we approach our third month of...

There is an expression that springs to mind sometimes when you start to try to sort something out…. Q “ How do you eat an elephant?”      A “ One bite at a time!” It is...

This week I have been thinking about pebbles, prompted by ‘The Book of Pebbles’ by Charlie Stocks and Angie Lewin, that arrived in a Christmas parcel from my sister; I have immersed myself in its...

Those of you who were around in the 1970s will remember Weebles – those round, smiling faces that wobbled but never fell down. I came across one of my childhood Weebles when tidying my office...