Primary Headteacher, English Hub Literacy Specialist, wife, mother and lover of reading and music.
Salisbury, England
Joined April 2023
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Gemma Pierson retweeted
Newsflash! Early Excellence will be returning to Princecroft with another day of EYFS goodness! Book your place now!
Newsflash! Early Excellence will be returning to Princecroft with another day of EYFS goodness! Book your place now!
Have a listen to my reading podcast with Laura from Sounds-Write. I could easily talk about reading and words all day long, but here are some insights condensed into just over 40 mins 📚buzzsprout.com/2026282/13276… @SWLiteracy
Here’s to the next chapter - it’s going to be bigger and better! 💫
But now, we rest 😴
Have a wonderful summer everyone!
10.I love my job; it is a real privilege to get up for work every morning feeling motivated. I know how lucky I am to feel this way and will never take it for granted.
9.It has given me a newfound drive and determination which really excites me about the next stage of my school’s journey.
…I think the balance of getting through the work I need to do and being present on the ground is always going to be hard to balance.
8.I can start to trust my gut feeling when I have a difficult decision to make; it has been right every time so far.
7.My day never goes how I expect - there are many interruptions! Some days I’m working flat out in my office and then others need high levels of visibility around the school. Some feel so manic that they leave me thinking: ‘What did I actually do today?’…
6.I have always cared deeply about everyone in our school community, but now more fiercely than ever before.
5.It has made me more resilient and solutions-focussed in the face of challenges. There’s no point worrying about things I can’t control, so I focus on the things I can.
3.It is busier and altogether more consuming than I could ever have imagined.
4.Time goes even quicker and the list gets even longer! It forces me to be forward-thinking, and prioritise in a way that considers the impact on everyone else.