November 2021 – Manx Maxim

A year in the life of a school Eduvators

Week 11: A Stormy Week Gone… Then Along Comes Omicron

By Max Kelly November 28, 2021

In the eleventh of an ongoing series of blogs for the 2021-2022 academic year, Executive Headteacher Max Kelly captures his week working in primary schools in the Isle of Man. As the year goes on he hopes his blogs will paint a picture of a “Year In The Life Of A School”….

Leaders

Another Bad Hair Day? Owning a Brush Might Help.

By Max Kelly November 23, 2021

Max Kelly presents a new blog with yet more comparisons between political leadership and school leadership... After a torrid week or so for Boris Johnson and his Tory MPs, the Prime Minister continued his calamitous streak with a bizarre and poorly executed speech to the Confederation of British Industry. I'm not sure that a headteacher would get away with this type of regular performance in a school - so why is Boris Johnson getting away with it in Number 10?

A year in the life of a school Eduvators

Week 10: The Weeks Move Into Double Figures and A Quarter of the Year is Completed

By Max Kelly November 22, 2021

In the tenth of an ongoing series of blogs for the 2021-2022 academic year, Executive Headteacher Max Kelly captures his week working in primary schools in the Isle of Man. As the year goes on he hopes his blogs will paint a picture of a “Year In The Life Of A School”….

A year in the life of a school Eduvators

Week 9: A Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster of a Week

By Max Kelly November 14, 2021

In the ninth of an ongoing series of blogs for the 2021-2022 academic year, Executive Headteacher Max Kelly captures his week working in primary schools in the Isle of Man. As the year goes on he hopes his blogs will paint a picture of a “Year In The Life Of A School”….

A year in the life of a school Eduvators

Week 8: Road Closures, Bus Stops and Fireworks

By Max Kelly November 7, 2021

In the eighth of an ongoing series of blogs for the 2021-2022 academic year, Executive Headteacher Max Kelly captures his week working in primary schools in the Isle of Man. As the year goes on he hopes his blogs will paint a picture of a “Year In The Life Of A School”….