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Angus MacRury

Monday 26 June 2006

15th MAy

Today it is my turn to be on the receiving end of EDR wuith DOn. WE discuss te recent inspection and look at my strengths and development needs. We discuss the EDR process and I chat to him about getting better at organising my priorities and time. THis is a real juggle as a teaching head as you have to wear so many different hats in a day. It is really easy to lose sight (or avoid) the things that are important. As a parent of a child in pre-school I question aspects of my childs school, yet can ignore the very things that I question. Don suggests

TUesday

Start the day with a Staff meeting. At 11:30 I observe a child at another school who has been referred to the Moderation panel. I find this a very interesting experience. In the afternoon I attend the ICT Management meeting where we discuss the Wide area networks proposed for the Authority. I think we should go all the way for the best and fastest we can get, on the other hand I understand that the cash is not there to make this work. Why can we not get this type of thing right? There are fantastc resources available to us if we had the speed and connectivity. The LTS website has fantastic resources on it but we cannot acces or utilise it due to the cart being before the horse. Why do schools in Scotland not get E -credits that we can spend? Do Scottish Local Authorities compromise Educational connectivity to pay for other things. There is still along wat to go before we can convince the local and National politicians that connectivity to schools should be prioritised.

17th May

Today I have a meeting with Ross Morrison to dicusss the renovation of the school toilets. This is a projct that the pupil council took ahead and it is great to see that there letter writing is paying off.

18th May

Today I am in West Barns having a meeting with the P6/7 children from Innerwick Stenton and West Barns who are all travelling to York for a week at the end of May. The meeting goes well and I get the feeling that the children are getting excited.

24th May

Today I am at the Authority Moderation panel and it is my last one as I have sat for 2 years on this panel. I am glad that I have been party to this decision making process. Some of the decisions over tha past 2 years have been very hard. Some have been very frustrating too.

25th May

Today we have a Science roadshow in for P1-4 looking at minibeasts. The show goes really well and the follow up work in the classes is of a very high standard.

In the afternoon I chair the Cluster Heads meeting.

29th-2nd June We are all in York

Day one we visit Beamish and have a great time on the tram and getting soaked eating our lunch.

At 5:30 we arrive in Scarborough at the Hotel. We immediately name it Faulty Towers. Everyone settles in.

Day 2 We are heading into York to the Minster after a tour and a workshop we make our way through the Shambles to the Castle Museum. It is then on to the York Dungeon. Scary Stuff. In the evening we 10 pin bowl in Bridlington.

Day 3 We make our way to York via EDen Camp. What a superb place to visit. I could have stayed all day. After Eden we headed to York to visit Yorvik and have a ghost tour of the city. In the evening we have Bridlington leisure pool all to ourselves. I try out the flume in order to chechk the risk assessment.

Day 4 We are in the Sea Life Centre in Scarborough until lunchtime. In the afternoon we make our way to Flamingoland and have a great time on all the scarey rides you can thingk of. In the evening we have a really fantastic Disco in the Hotel.

Day 5 We are heading home but stop of at Hartlepool Quay on the way back. What a fantastic place to visit. The children really enjoy the tour odf the boat. We arrive back at 6pm after a really busy week. The total cost of this trip for pupils was £150 a real bargain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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