Meetings to be cheerful...

Meetings to be cheerful …

Except there are many more than three this time.

INSET Day Monday when we will be ‘looking to enhance creativity in curriculum planning and lesson delivery.’ That sounds a worthwhile aim whatever it might mean. I can’t wait.

At the end of the day I will be meeting parents at 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 and then sometime after 6.00. The final appointment is instead of sometime after 6 on Friday so it a better deal in that respect. That should allow me time to get to football at 8.15.

On Tuesday it’s a management meeting in which we shall be talking about our vision for the school over the next five years – at least no one had mentioned ‘blue skies’ thinking.

On Wednesday it’s a behaviour management group meeting which at least has the advantage of being off school site.

Thursday sees the Year 10 Parents’ Evening.

Friday is booked with a meeting about exclusions.

The following week includes tutor meetings on Monday, a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss the reorganisation of schools in the city, Year 9 Options Eve on the Wednesday, a senior management meeting on the Thursday with nothing yet planned for the final day of the half term (yet). Teachers are meant to be committed to no more than one hour of meetings per week according to union/government agreement.

Right now it’s inclusion time. There are six students in the inclusion room today for refusal or post-exclusion along with a further 3 who have yet to complete drama coursework and working with me as I try to support the drama department in getting coursework finished.

I have just been given the English mock exam papers from this morning to mark so I ought to make a start with them now.