All South East Blogs

by Meera Chudasama @MeeraChudasama @innovatejournal Whilst the global unconference came and went, the spirit of WomenEd was strengthenedan. Transfixed with each presenter's ideas, inspiration and intrigue of our place in education and I was...

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by Kerry Jordan-Daus @KerryJordanDaus Six months ago, I wrote a blog, What the xxxx is normal? I was anxious, scared and very unsure of what the future held. Our lives had been turned upside down in so many ways. That blog was personal; I was so...

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by Jane Green @JGjanegreen #DisabilityEd Can you tell us how you were diagnosed? Since birth, I experienced a range of painful symptoms, from sprains, low blood pressure, joint dislocations, stomach cramps, dizziness, migraines, pain from...

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by Amy Carson @TitchyDitch I feel as though a wound has finally started healing. Nearly 3 years ago I was approaching the end of my maternity leave. I wasn't happy about it; I was unsure about what it would mean about me as a mother if I returned to...

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by Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell @drjessm #BirthdayCelebration On March 7th I was privileged to attend the @WomenEdSE #LeadMeet. It was brilliant on so many levels, I got to see my friend Kate Evans ( @purekathryn76 ) in a different role and saw her shine...

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by Kerry Jordan-Daus @KerryJordanDaus Thank you Francesca Martinez for your beautiful book, What the xxxx is normal? (!). It’s been on my reading list for some time, but in the COVID-19 lockdown context, well I was looking for something to read, and...

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by Debs Jewell @jewellsjournal Image: The Tree of Life - by Gustav Klimt, 1905 We bandy about the term ‘It’s okay to not be okay’, heck I’ve thrown it out there into the world myself, and with the best intentions. But … is it? Is it really okay to...

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by Kathryn Evans @purekathryn76 My husband has often mused that if I have the option of two different pathways, I will always choose the harder journey. To this, I always reply that the journey may be hard but the learning will be of greater value...

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by Kate Brown @ katebrown2016 Thursday 5th March: #LeadMeet for #IWD2020 at Dr Challoner’s High School, Buckinghamshire. There is an undeniable irony in that even as I write this blog, I am all too aware of the fact that the reason I have never...

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by Debs Jewell @jewellsjournal It has been many years since I flexed my blogging muscles but this seemed a good post to start with. The first of a series of posts containing a collaborative pooling of ideas about dreams, friendships, networks,...

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by Julie Hunter @MsHMFL @PledgeForChange20 There have been lots of press articles recently about lack of teachers and there being a recruitment problem. I have experienced the lack of retention of superbly talented teachers who are leaving due to...

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By Kate Smith @MrsKatieSmith I write this blog just a few weeks after Sir Andrew Carter’s most unhelpful comments about how it is ‘wrong and immoral’ for teachers to ask for their hours to be reduced after taking on full-time jobs.

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by Claire Lowe @ ExecPrincipal @CharlieMackesy The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse Ever since I can remember I wanted to teach. At an early age I used to love playing schools with my little sister, she was always the pupil, and, at my forward...

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by Naomi Ward @naomi7444 I need to look back to look forward. The last two years have been about clarifying values and purpose, then exploring what those mean in my life after teaching. This year is about habits, consistency and discipline. Doesn’t...

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by Clare Erasmus @ cerasmusteach #PledgeForChange20 My son has been on the mental health disability register since he was 9 years old ; we only managed to get C.A.M.H.S intervention when he reached secondary school. He is now in his teens and...

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by Amy Carson @TitchyDitch #PledgeForChange20 I have the pleasure of working with @ cerasmusteach , in fact she's my line manager. A few weeks ago she came into my classroom and invited me to write a blog for her #WomenEd #DGmeet to...

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by Bretta Townend-Jowitt @Headspiration Madness part 1 – the need to clarify my reason for blogging. Earlier in my career I suffered from a lack of knowledge and understanding my employers had around fertility treatment, 14 years later I expected...

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