Mr Shayler

Senior Leader (Curriculum) in a Yorkshire secondary school. NPQH Opinions are my own.

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Day Twenty Six - after yesterday’s prom, today’s highlight has been processing all the photos… sooo many smiles caught on camera - nice to see people happy…

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Day Twenty Five - Year 11 prom - So many highlights they are too many to count. Staff loved it, students loved it, parents were great! Happy days! (And I was the official photographer!)

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Day Twenty Four - highlight was my year 9s who, despite the high temperatures didn’t flinch in their focus during their lesson. Not once! The resilience of youth!

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Day Twenty Three - comment from a year 9 - “it’s now officially hot sir… you’ve taken your suit jacket off!” Pupils notice such things!

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Day Twenty Two - highlight was arriving back at my office to find some kind soul had hoovered n cleaned it - I always do it myself at the end of the day to save cleaners time (we are really short) - all cleaners denying responsibility… bought them chocolates for tomorrow. :)

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Day Twenty One - highlight was a lovely meal out for tea with my wife… simples :)

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Day twenty - highlight was sitting in our summerhouse with family in the garden. Sometimes it’s the simple things :)

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Day Nineteen - highlight was a lovely meal out with my wife, dad and his cousin. Relaxed and chilled.

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Day Eighteen - highlight easy to find… I got to lead my band at my school to raise money for school funds. Packed audience, GREAT band and super atmosphere, so much fun :)

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Day Seventeen - Highlight was a parent meeting after school - a tricky conversation that really turned into a productive and honest two way dialogue for the benefit of their child. Working together as it should be

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Day sixteen - highlight was been offered a haribo by a year 8 because ‘even teachers need a cola bottle from
Time to time to start the day sir’ Not wrong!

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Day Fifteen - highlight was arriving a few minutes late to lesson from break duty to find pupils all seated, books out, quizzing each other on the previous lesson… I asked who was leading it and they said “we know the routine sir… don’t need to wait for you to get ready!”

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Day Fourteen - highlight was a day with my wife gardening and relaxing. A day off!!!

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Day Thirteen - highlight was playing a concert and watching a young lad make his debut as band leader - he nailed it. So pleased for him - long career ahead!

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Day 12 - my year 11s left today… the highlight? I got to do their form and year group photos. Such a privilege :)

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Day Eleven - Highlight was kind of dancing in the rain with some year 7s on duty with our umbrellas à la singing in the rain! ☔️ madness but great fun!

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Day Ten - Highlight was watching our amazing exam team sort the shambles of a Maths exam from
AQA out - calmly, without drama and so quickly that pupils never knew there was an issue. Brilliant!

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Day nine - highlight was home made chilli for lunch! I actually have the best wife in the world! :)

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Day Eight - highlight harder to find today - tough day! But the one ray of light was a year 7 lad (who
Looked literally green) commenting that he was only in because today was his geography lesson and “can’t be missing that can we sir!”

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Day Seven - highlight was talking to my dad…he’s suffering from PSP - a very much unknown disease that takes worst parts of Parkinson’s and combines them with Palsy, loss of speech, loss of movement and other symptoms. No treatment, no cure… and we managed a few words today. :)