Julia C

Our SBM is on our SLT we are a large multi site special school

Me too! And Tiles as well! Hoping it’s a temporary blip and access will soon be restored!

Mine are 25, 23 & 22-if we had all been together we would have had an Easter egg hunt. I am currently in Vietnam with husband so 22 is looking after the dog(left an egg for him to find!😆) 23 is in South East Asia(we met up & gave her jelly chicks/mini eggs)and 25 visiting my Mum=multiple eggs!

I’ve got marathon training to do so went on a 17 mile run😂😂 But there was no voice in my head telling me I needed to hurry up and get home in order to do some wor!

But…… the process was very different to previous inspections and felt more collaborative AND no more Sunday Scaries and Mondays jumping whenever the phone rings for a while! I’ve celebrated with a 17 mile run and walkies with our new rescue dog!

What a week that was! No hot water or heating on one of our sites on Monday, THE CALL just after the plumber said he didn’t think he could fix the boiler😱( but did!), driving from site to site with the inspector following me😱 and missing taking my daughter to the airport because I’m the acting head!

Post swim treat! I’ve heard a bit more birdsong this last week so hoping that longer days ahead will mean more opportunities to swim each week rather than just at the weekend. Now heading home to prep for the week ahead!

35 EHCP consultations to read for places at my school…. Definitely can’t take them all and need to send all responses in within 15 days! I really don’t like playing judge and jury. Mind you those that don’t get places might go to tribunal and then I’ll end up being directed to take them!

Absolutely! Trying to steer the ship whilst also sorting out the small issue in the engine room whilst also standing on deck and keeping an eye out for the iceberg!!

Sun rising over Teardrop Lake near Peterborough

Sharon presenting Julia with her Bluetits badge

Whoops! Went for a swim and came home with good intentions of doing some work before term starts! Instead went shopping; washed car; made 2 kinds of soup; some chicken curry; a sausage casserole and some knäckebröd and also have a sourdough proving!!

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😂 would be a bit of a trek!!

*ers not era!

A friend and I set up a ladies group called WRECERS which stands for ‘walk run eat cake-era’ we meet twice a week to do 3-4 miles and on the first Monday of each month we share cake after our run! If you are anywhere near Kettering you’d be welcome to join us!

I would vouch for this method- I would have given up exercising if it wasnt for run/walk/run method! Currently training for my fourth marathon too!

I’m intrigued by The Organised mom method! I’m more of a ‘if it doesn’t get done then I’m sure we’ll survive’ method!

No but I’ve just realised that on my journey down south I need to buy the ‘fizz’ I was meant to buy for 16 people!

Sincerest condolences to you and to your friends family.

Can’t understand this mentality- we’ve offered ppa at home for years, accommodate flexible working for those returning from may leave and, before I became acting head, I was working a compressed week which was massively beneficial for my own circumstances.

rugby match and have booked a cold water swim for tomorrow!

Trouble is I’m not at all organised for Christmas, now panicking that I still haven’t got a tree and probably have missed a really important person or present off my frantic online shopping frenzy yesterday! Thank goodness we are visiting my mum for the big day! Now off to watch a rugby

Currently on the way to watch Northampton saints vs Saracens and have a cold water swim booked tomorrow but we still have no Christmas tree and starting to panic that I’m not really that organised presents wise! Could do with the Christmas Day moving to the 29th or 30th!!!

It’s been a XXL hectic term and as acting head I’ve been on a very steep learning curve! Have to confess that I’m struggling to get my brain out of school stress and into Christmas mode instead! Any advice from all the experienced heads out there?

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Oooh! I tried my new snug bug today too!! Loved it! My water was positively tropical at 7.8’! 😂

Pilates and a lake swim today then catching up with a friend/ baking/ the inevitable bit of work in preparation for the week ahead!

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So relieved that our snow was just a dusting-as I have recently become acting head I have no idea what our closure process is or where to find that information!

Usually swim at the same lake but when the opportunity presents itself I swim in other places 😀

I swim on Saturday and am booked to swim next Friday!😊