Stand Up For Education!

Something completely different today. Today there was a day of strike action in many schools countrywide by the NUT Union which is the largest Teaching Union and has a very sizeable membership in the school where I work. Given recent events in school, the decision was taken not to strike but in order to still support those who were, green T shirts were worn by members to show their support for them and highlight the considerable threats of Government policy in Education and the agressive undermining of the Teaching Profession. The local press came to photograph them all outside the damaged main building this morning and I was also asked to take some pictures.

Our school has and is an extremely caring and supportive environment for all pupils, staff and parents. This picture shows just a few of our lovely teachers of Science who I help to support in their work day to day. I am dedicating this picture to them and to everyone in school who work so hard and have coped so well in the days since the fire.