Tag: Isle of Man
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Community growth from COVID
The pandemics and lockdowns have brought everyone in my school communities much more closely together. And that can only be a good thing.
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Visible Leadership
Leadership comes in many different guises in the world of education and much has been written about the theoretical models that exist. I have long advocated that one model cannot and does not work when applied in isolation – the best leadership is always a careful mix of different approaches that are blended through the…
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The final curtain…
And so the curtain is about to fall on the academic year that was 2019-2020. And what a year. Easily the most challenging of my career in a personal sense as well as a professional one.
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Quell and replenish…
The good school curriculum should remain under constant review, ever evolving in response to children’s needs and interests, ever adapting to the strengths and passion of those delivering it, ever reflecting the values and ethos of the school and ever reacting to the community, society and world in which we find ourselves. The good school…
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Working without a blueprint…
When schools were closed to all but vulnerable children and those of key workers, nobody knew how long the lockdown would last, or how education and schooling could continue without the physical presence of young learners turning up to a communal building each day.
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A School response to COVID19…
As many schools and school leaders have had to react to the coronavirus implications, Maxim Kelly outlines the response to COVID19 that his schools have taken.
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A week in a “hub” school during the COVID19 crisis…
It was a strange week in which I found myself working in a new school, heading up one of the “hub schools” that have remained open in the Isle of Man to children of key workers and vulnerable children. Here’s how I got on…
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One curriculum from many threads.
At the heart of the work we do with our pupils is developing in them a growth mindset philosophy. This means we believe that everybody can learn and succeed with the right attitude. Courage, tenacity and self belief are crucial to learning and can be developed by how we recognise and reward success.
MANX MAX 