After the response to my first blog I have debated what topic to feature next. I have had requests regarding staff wellbeing, pupil wellbeing as well as questions about curriculum and professional development.
There is however one thing that I would like to address first, perceptions. We all have perceptions about places we may have or have not visited. The school we’ve heard so much about. Is it really so good? The CPD course that will revolutionise the way we teach and so on.
A Secure Children’s Home is no different. There are hundreds of perceptions and preconceived ideas about my place of work. Some perceptions are correct, the pupils can be violent, the behaviour is challenging but there also some that need addressing and correcting.
Sadly in our society we have a hyper critical and sometimes poorly informed media. We have newspapers constantly churning out drivel about race, religion…
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The Echo Chamber 