Why SchooliP?
7 months ago I wrote an endorsement for SchooliP, about our first impressions of their product and shared that with the team. Back in early December we had invested approximately 30 hours of staff time getting to know SchooliP and …
Shared SMSC Calendar
Right, so I have built SMSC calendar compiler in Excel. Simply add the dates, the category (SMSC) and the events in one worksheet… And it is compiled in the second worksheet as a calendar. Change the month, it updates. Here …
A rather RACI #Edfest
Look, I will be brutally honest with you, there was very little that was raci “racey” about my #Educationfest though there was a good deal that was of value and two, as yet, unanswered questions. RACI was just an acronym …
Wellington Leadership Institute
Our invitation to our first leadership seminar shows benefits of being part of a “team.” The growing family of Wellington schools, now six, now enabling more centralised training and collaboration (though understandable that the Chinese school weren’t present this time), …
Data in schools – overview
During most half terms, I try and set aside a morning to update the “Making Sense of Data 0.9.6” booklet. Frustratingly, I still haven’t completed a “final first release 1.0” as I can not seem to keep up with ever …
The final few minutes…
Leavers assembly… The final few minutes of twelve plus years in compulsory education. In this past seventeen months [the time I have been at The Academy], this is what I have observed? Here at The Wellington Academy, staff don’t want …
Office Mix – Take 2
So the Team keeping an eye on Office Mix dropped me a line. Thanks for sharing the mix! We’d love to work with you to get this into a featured mix. Sure, why not?! Admittedly the Powerpoint needed a little …
Final assembly 2014 thoughts
Is that time of year again. Preparing the Y11 leavers assembly. I’m thinking about the advice we have shared with students up until this point and the supportive words that would help them drive to the finish line. Words that …