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Heads Blog 29/9/15
Quite appropriately for a Catholic Head, my first blog is going to begin with a small confession. Ever since I was a small boy I have used (and often continue to use) a diversion tactic enabling me to put off any activity that I didn’t want to do or one that I didn’t really know how to do. Revision for exams; clean my football boots, self-assessment tax form; cut the hedge (that one cost me £100 late filing fee), as you can imagine, the list continues. For the last fortnight my job list has included ‘complete Headmaster’s blog’.
For many people out there, I can imagine that writing a blog is reasonably straightforward. For a man born in 1969 with little interest in technology or social media I can assure you that this is not the case. The initial question is ‘What should I write about?’
Should this blog include previews and details of upcoming of school events and reviews of recent ones? Surely this would be a newsletter (I would like to assess parents’ interest in this). Should it give parents details of important upcoming dates such as exams or trips? Surely this should be on an accessible calendar (there is one on the website under ‘Parents Area’ by the way). Should it be funny, should it be serious, should it include my educational philosophies and/or commentaries regarding the state of education in 2015 or simply reasons why we chose that particular tone of grey for the back wall in reception? Then there is the six million dollar question, ‘Who is going to read it?’
Over the next few weeks I will endeavour to include some of the above in a weekly blog. I will endeavour to make the blog interesting, I will endeavour to make it informative and I will endeavour to meet a Friday deadline every week. Unfortunately, as a newcomer to all of this, I cannot guarantee any of these points, but at least if it all goes wrong I’ll have clean shoes and a nicely cut hedge.
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