For many British teenagers, tomorrow will be their last day at school, several months before they were expecting it. A note to all of you who are making this important transition, cry if you need to, feel sad if you do and don't feel guilty about any of that. But remember to make it count, share good times with your friends, laugh, reminisce, make plans for your future. Be authentic, show people who you are and don't ever be ashamed of it. You all have fantastic gifts to offer this world and I'm excited to see what that will be. You are enough and we salute you💞
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#makeitcount #strangetimes #youarethefuture #authentic #beauthentic #goodluck #learningrevolution
With Ofsted looming I'm feeling like ...
Many of the young people I work with have high scores of what are known as 'adverse childhood experiences', which gives them a life expectancy of potentially 20 years less than their more fortunate peers. Plus brain structure which has probably been altered by their trauma. They can be hard work and some days I'm on it, we get it right and their lives are better for it. Other days I make mistakes and don't do them any favours, every day I'm learning and privileged to work with such bright young sparks. So my message is this, Ofsted, get in the ring and if you can't be positive then at least be quiet.
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#learningrevolution #learning #educationforafuture #educatingyorkshire #outdoorlearning #dailyrant #ofstedlooming #adversechildhoodexperiences #childhoodtrauma #onlyhuman #brenebrown #quoteoftheday #getinthering #positivepsychology
Taking in a bit of the Dale with a cup of fresh chai before the storm. Admiring, as I often do, the gritstone, made by thousands of years of slow compression, upto 250 million years ago, in a delta of the shallow seas that once covered much of yorkshire!?!
Trying to get head round the vastness of Deep Time, geological time. Cultivating my own stillness and making plans for the summer. . .
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#naturalmindfulness #minutemindfulness #microadventure #micropilgrimage #mindfulness #yorkshiregritstone #yorkshiredalesnationalpark #yorkshirehistory #ecotherapy #naturetherapy #naturekid #findingwild #findurbanwildness #yorkshiremoors
