Would the real Des Jones please stand up...

Is Des Jones at work today? If not, he is masquarading as a Canadian headteacher.



Talking about a on line literacy programme in northern Canada.

Innovative schools

All looks good so far, had all the pie in the sky stuff this morning about transformation, just waiting for the hard sell and to find out where we sign. Good thing from executive head of Cornwallis, seven questions for transformation, most of them we have thought about.

Learning spaces cont

What does a learning hub look like?

How about this, the training space at microsoft in London. Nice variety of spaces with no classrooms!

Conferences...

Generally dull. I'm at microsoft in London at the moment listenin to this guy (some proffessor from Seattle)


He's talking about the microsoft inocative schools programme which we will be taking part in... Amusingly his ppt is running from a mac book , it's like apple terorism in the heart of the microsoft evil empire. Great stuff.

Shepherds warning

Marks amazing yoghurt

Lid comes off, a thin film of yogurt left intact stretching the full width of the pot. Sweet.

Inevitability...

Track

A new box of track from granny and grandad brings more creative possibilities. Here's one starting in the conservatory and ending up by the front door. Note the complex multiple bridge arrangements to go up the step...

Happy new year...

It's the first of January...






Following a late night and an early morning we blew away the cobwebs with a frosty walk along hatton locks with Sally Sam and Emily.












Owen and Sam occupied themselves trying to throw sticks into the canal and break the ice.