29/09/2026
The first month of the new school year is nearly over. How is everyone doing?
September can be a lot. New classes, new routines, new pupils, new staff and plenty of information to take in, all while everyone is finding their feet again.
As we reach the end of the first month, it can be useful to pause and check in with both your pupils and your staff.
๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐?
๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ?
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ?
Itโs also worth looking at the wider team.
๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ?
๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ?
๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง?
The end of September can be a useful opportunity to reflect on what youโre seeing, identify where there may be gaps in understanding and think about what support could make a difference going into the next few weeks.
A quick check-in now could help prevent small challenges from becoming bigger ones later in the year. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค โฌ๏ธ