Happy New Year

Reflections on a post I wrote last week while up in the North East. Yesterday was a day I met myself in so many ways. Being back in the North East, where I was born and spent my earliest formative years reconnects me to my earliest sense of being. I don’t always have the key…

I was invited to write a blog for  sencowellbeing  . You can also find it here https://t.co/QC0ddb1lYq Julia is based in the Midlands and is the founder director of Boundless Learning. She has held three headships across three very different communities. Her MA in education focussed on nurturing emotional intelligence and literacy has underpinned much of…

This week has certainly not followed the direction I set in my diary! There was a time this would stress me out, or make me anxious. Now? I see an opportunity in the midst of the challenge. First of all, I acknowledged the emotions that register when something derails my plans. What needs are arising?…

As we near the end of the year and a time when families and friends come together where they can to share love and togetherness , I’m moved to share a few words. I have been driven to learn as long as I can remember. I seek to make sense, connections and formulate ideas. I…

At the end of the  academic year, many people will be reflecting and considering their hopes for the Summer, and looking to their next steps. As a former Headteacher, I’m only too aware of the transitional feel of the last week of term ( which is this week in Leicestershire). It’s also the 23rd  anniversary…

I’m engaging in some learning of my own at the moment. I’m at another stage of evolution in this Boundless adventure, and reflecting on some of my amber and red lights, in the words of Matthew McConaughey. It’s taken me back to some words I wrote a little while ago about play… Sometimes, and certainly…