I had some sad news this week. Madge who was my first boss (Headteacher) died after a long illness. She was an inspirational lady who at that time was a bit of a pioneer because it was mainly male Headteachers in Gloucestershire Primary Schools in the early 70s.\u00a0I learnt much from Madge about children. She never gave up on those high maintenance children who were up against everything and I held that close when I was a Head. I will remember many of the humorous moments we had then mainly thanks to Madge’s often determined and frequently scatty approach to a problem. She always went that extra mile to support families at school.\u00a0She certainly influenced how I saw education, she wouldn’t have liked today’s straight jacket on the curriculum, because she was a strong believer in the arts in its widest sense!<\/p>\n
So today’s title was\u00a0 a memory of those happy times at Stroud Valley Primary School and was certainly the sound track of my first year of teaching!<\/p>\n
I was doing the monthly bird count this morning and had two Common Cranes briefly fly over. It was a quiet morning but had a lovely view of a Kingfisher flying along the ditch below where I was standing.<\/p>\n
I am Story Telling later, not sure if we are inside or out depends on the weather. I am away\u00a0most of February but March is looking busy for Gigs.\u00a0I have had a good 12 to 18 months with some interesting\u00a0varied venues that I have\u00a0performed at!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I had some sad news this week. Madge who was my first boss (Headteacher) died after a long illness. She was an inspirational lady who at that time was a bit of a pioneer because it was mainly male Headteachers … Continue reading