Jax Lovelock

Half term saw the GCSE Drama Performance Exam done and dusted, and a very successful day it was. After some incredibly hard work by our dedicated team, success was found in the fact that all the pupils turned up, all performed, and all enjoyed the experience. “Achievement success” will tell its own story come August, [...]

Have put my name down to do English one to one tutoring in secondary schools so awaiting a few local schools to get back to me. Really looking forward to the possibility of helping pupils with their attainment.
Have second meeting with Selly Oak Cluster Coordinator tomorrow so we’ll see what that turns up as I [...]

Drama GCSE consultancy underway. Very productive session last Friday, in spite of the fire alarm interruption and having to change the schedule following issues with coursework. It is particularly encouraging and refreshing to work with senior teachers who are accommodating but realistic. I identified a problem, we discussed it, we came to a mutually beneficial [...]

Had four fantastic meetings now: Pepita Hanna (Head of Arts Ed BCC), Alison Selvey (Selly Oak Cluster Co-ordinator), David Wort (Family Equip) and Lynette Bramble (Learning Mentor DECTC). There are a lot of possibilities but I now need to start pulling all the threads together and get things going.
Have left my website for the last [...]

Meeting with Selly Oak extended schools co-ordinator went really well. It was more of an interview, I believe, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. She knows just how to tackle community and educational engagement in a productive and non-threatening way. I could learn a great deal from her but I think that may [...]

The Monday meeting with Pepita Hanna went really well – a wealth of information, advice and support. I’ve already acted on some of her advice and taken advantage of the opportunity to meet with the co-ordinator for the Selly Oak Extended Schools Cluster via LB at DECTC. Have just finished preparing for that.
The consultancy prep [...]

Not much on this week … ahem: Initial consultancy prep at Dame E, then straight to meeting Pepita Hanna (Arts Ed Director at BCC), then off to final session of Post Abortion Counseling course – and that’s just tomorrow.  Schools work, website final touches, meeting and consultancy follow up, completing and updating my profiles on [...]

After successfully working with St Paul’s Girls school on their GCSE Drama Coursework drafts, I’m now into planning for consultancy training at Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College. I’m working with an NQT (won’t mention names for privacy) doing a maternity cover who has been thrown in at the deep end (like so many of us [...]

Don’t have very long as I’m preparing for my meeting with Pepita Hanna tomorrow – except I got it wrong, it isn’t tomorrow, it’s next week. Still, want to plan exactly what I need to talk to her about as it would be simply rude not to. I also don’t want to muddy this contact [...]

After sheer exhaustion last week – balancing schools work, voluntary work, courses and being a new Mum – I’m picking up and moving on again. So this week the meetings with Amy Martin (Bright Space) and Pepita Hanna (Arts Ed Director BCC) are scheduled. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Amy is unable to meet [...]