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Goodbye, farewell, awf wiedersehen, good night

Campie School Board

Stewart Buchan

Sunday 02 July 2006

The end of term has come and with it my stint on Campie School Board. It's tempting to look back but I think I've probably done enough of that, then again... The last event was a 'Thank you' cheese and wine hosted by Patricia McCall and Cathy Clarke on behalf of the school for the PTA and Board and I think I can say with reasonable certainty that it was valued by all present. There too it seemed the focus was on things done, changes brought about, acheivements acheived. But not just that; there was talk of what the Parental Involvement Bill might bring, of 'cluster working', of not changing too much. I know the Board has long recognised the benefits of getting togrther as a cluster but in the last several years has only managed to do so on a few of occasions maybe because of the unsettling feeling that doing something new provokes and maybe it's for that same reason that it seems like a particularly good idea to me now! Whatever the reason I hope it comes about. I also hope that my freinds and fellow parents on Campie School Board rescue the PC from their children and start blogging here. I know my contributions have been small in number but they have prompted me to think more and longer about the the role of the Board and my role within it. Like many activities the process is often more rewarding than the outcome.

One last thought; did you know that prostate cancer effects one man in eleven. To find out what you can do visit http://www.justgiving.com/runStewart

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Boys and learning

Richard Wilson

Thursday 12 October 2006

Stewart, I read with interest on your blog about a shared source of passion and frustration that is boys learning. Could I be so bold as to direct to my blog, Richard Wilson's rural school bag, and if you check it out I have some ideas about the whole attainment thing you might find interesting. Let me know.

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