SJJ Calendar
February 2013
13 Bandon Hill Primary, Wallington
January 2013
7 Hatfield Cluster of Schools, Herts
December 2012
November 2012
5 Sandylands School, Lancs
12 Sherborne Cluster, Dorset
14 Quest Conference, Toronto
15 Quest Conference, Toronto
16 Quest Conference, Toronto
20 Worcestershire NQTs Conference
21 Worcestershire NQTs Conference
October 2012
12 Droylsden Academy, Manchester
15 Hotham Primary, Putney
19 Castleton School, Rochdale
26 Stoke School Cluster, Stoke
September 2012
3 Runcorn Catholic Primary School Heads
4 Staffordshire Schools Cluster
5 Ravenscote School, Surrey
6 Sir John Gleed School, Lincs
7 Heather Garth Primary School, Rotherham
10 Liscard Primary School, Wirral
14 Southborough High School, Surrey
28 Dudley NQT Conference
August 2012
29 Belvoirdale Primary, Leicester
July 2012
5 Salford Education Leadership Conference
11 South Bromsgrove High School, Bromsgrove
June 2012
1 Sandwell Council Conference
8 Edinbugh Learning Festival Keynote
11 Graham Powell Joint Working
13 Hampshire Primary SENCo conference
14 Hampshire Primary SENCo conference
15 Wandsworth LA Conference, London
15 Falconbrook Primary, Wandsworth
18 Blue School, Wells, Somerset
25 Hampshire Primary SENCo conference
26 Hampshire Primary SENCo conference
28 Churchill Park School, Norfolk
29 Coventry FE College Keynote
May 2012
3 Lutley Primary School, Halesowen
5 Wolves v Everton
13 Everton v Newcastle
21 Langley Primary School, Eastbourne
April 2012
7 Norwich v Everton
14 Stoke v Everton
16 Chippenham Headteachers Conference
19 Heads Conference, Ottawa
20 Heads Conference, Ottawa
21 Man Utd v Everton
28 Everton v Fulham
28 Heads Conference, Dublin
30 Teacher Training Conference, Coleraine
March 2012
1 Greenwich Headteachers Conference, Hythe
2 Kensington and Chelsea Heads, Brighton
3 QPR v Everton
5 Everton in the Community Board Meeting
7 King Edward V1 School, Devon
8 Cornwall Learning Conference Keynote
9 Staffordshire Cluster Conference, Wolverhampton
10 Everton v Spurs
13 Norway Teachers Conference, Oslo
15 Tandridge Education Partnership
16 Coventry Heads Conference
17 Everton v Arsenal
19 Portsmouth University Keynote
23 Sutton Headteachers Conference
24 Swansea v Everton
29 Milton Keynes and Bedford Headteachers Conference
30 Medway Consortium of Schools
31 Everton v West Brom
February 2012
1 Everton v Man City
2 Loughborough Heads Conference
4 Wigan v Everton
6 Upholland High School, Lancs
10 Manningtree High School, Essex
11 Bournemouth Governor Services
20 - 24 British International Schools, Jeddah
25 Liverpool v Everton
27 Bexley EIP
28 SELT Conference, London
January 2012
1 West Brom v Everton
3 Cambridge Primary School Cluster
4 Christ Church CE Primary School, Folkestone, Kent
4 West Malling CE Primary School, Kent
9 Queen Elizabeth High School, Camarthen
14 Aston Villa v Everton
18 Headteacher Coaching - Rochdale
21 Everton v Blackburn
23 EYIS Conference, Nottingham
26 Lisburn Primary Heads, Slieve Donard, N. Ireland
27 Lisburn Primary Heads, Slieve Donard, N. Ireland
December 2011
4 Everton v Stoke
10 Arsenal v Everton
16 Halifax High School, Halifax
17 Everton v Norwich
21 Everton v Swansea
26 Sunderland v Everton
November 2011
3 Worcestershire Primary NQT Conference
4 Worcestershire Secondary NQT Conference
4 National College, New Heads Conference Keynote, ICC Birmingham
5 Newcastle v Everton
7 Ecclesbourne School, Derbyshire
8 Clarksfield Primary, Oldham
10 Dudley Primary Heads Keynote
11 Sowerby Bridge High School, Calderdale
11 Ormiston Sandwell Academy Middle Level Leaders
16 Quest Conference, Toronto
17 Quest Conference, Toronto
19 Everton v Wolves
25 Lakeside Primary School, Doncaster
26 Bolton v Everton
October 2011
1 Everton v Liverpool
5 Leicester Primary Heads Conference
6 Hertfordshire Primary Heads Conference, Stratford
10 Wiltshire Primary Deputy Heads Conference
13 Staffordshire Small School Headteachers Conference
14 Salford Secondary Heads - Lake District
15 Chelsea v Everton
18 Hampshire Governor Services Conference
20 Bristol Cathedral Choir School
21 West Drayton Cluster Conference
22 Fulham v Everton
29 Manchester United v Everton
31 Barnsley Cluster Conference
September 2011
1 Heath School, Halton
2 Kingsmead School, Somerset
5 Appleton School, Benfleet
6 Great Yarmouth School Cluster
6 Voyager Acdemy, Peterborough
7 St James School, Bolton
8 Byrchall High School, Wigan
9 Heather Garth Primary School, Rotherham
12 Colcot School, Barry
13 Upholland High School, Wigan
14 West Yorks Fire Service Trainers, Leeds
17 British International School, Cairo
21 Learning and Teaching Scotland Conference, Glasgow
24 Manchester City v Everton
26 Durham NQT Conference, Durham
27 Sefton EBP, Crosby
30 Wandsworth Headteachers Conference, Sandbanks
‘The Station’ by Robert Hastings (abridged)
Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are travelling by train. Out the window we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.
But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering – waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
“When we reach the station, that will be it!”, we cry. “When I’m 18.” “When I buy a new SL Mercedes Benz!” “When I put the last kid through college.” “When I have paid off the mortgage!” “When I get a promotion.” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after!”
Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip itself. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.
“Relish in the moment” is a good motto... It isn’t the burdens of today that drive men mad, it is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along.
The station will come soon enough.