New Year

I like the start of a new school year, a time for making plans and starting afresh, using all the things we learnt last year and putting them into place.

It's going to be an interesting year for us.

Due to the reorganisation of middle schools in Suffolk, my school closes in summer 2012, which means our new Year 5s are our last intake of new children. We've known about the changes for a while but this is going to the year when staff begin to look for posts elsewhere and I'm sure it's going to be a difficult year in many ways. I also have a feeling we're going to get a visit from Ofsted this year!

On a personal level, I'm excited about researching and writing my MA dissertation.

It's a year since I joined Twitter and when I look back at the changes and development I made in my teaching last year, a lot of it had to do with inspiration and motivation from other teachers I follow on Twitter, so I'm excited to see what else it will bring this year.