Holidays?

Don't they say that teachers have long holidays? Well I suppose that is partially true but this week when the school has been closed a lot of teachers have been in school. As the Headteacher I have an excuse - trying to catch up with the many forms and bits of paperwork that make the job so interesting. I am completely SEFed to the eyeballs and am also quite happily SIPed! The other staff are here because the job of teaching has not got any easier in the last few years. In fact the amount of planning required and the research to be done is never ending. I hope they all manage to have a rest because the next half term is going to be very hard work indeed. Tomorrow I'm off to Seville in Spain for a few days - to escape the cold mornings for a little while!