You made it!!!

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My blog this morning is ever so simple in it’s intent – I just want to say congratulations – an 8 week half term…an absolute marathon…and you made it – more or less (I hope) intact…please spend your Sunday being ever so proud of yourself!

Whether you’re a child or young person in the ever increasingly pressurized environment of education – battling trials and assessments made even more challenging if you’re contemplating what the next chapter of further or higher education might be.  Whether you’re a parent supporting your child through the hoops they’re trying to jump to come out with whatever they need to progress…living and dying inside with their successes and disappointments…whilst at the same time ensuring they are nourished in mind body and spirit and still having something of a childhood.  Whether you are a teacher/tutor/trainer trying to please the powers that be that insist on telling you how it should be done leaving very little room for intuition and humanity in your teaching.  Whichever of these groups you fit – or perhaps you don’t fit any of them but as a Grandparent, neighbour or friend you support others in any of these endeavours …regardless give yourself a big old pat on the back because the marathon is over…you’ve crossed the finish line – you are a champion!!


To that end I wish you some rest, some play and some rejuvenation…all of those things that will help restore you ready for the next stint…I’m with my family playing London adventures before returning to play all things Halloween with a company of excellent actors who will entertain you at The Hepworth, Wakefield on the 31st of October… however you choose to spend it, may it be lovely…

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