When your confidence has gone, how do you find it again?
A House of Cards
Victor’s Watch 8
Juliet closed her eyes in preparation for the enveloping darkness, on opening them again, the blackness was all around her, she was sitting on the hard wooden base of the wardrobe...
Victor’s Watch 6
Juliet opened her eyes, shocked and disorientated at what she had just witnessed. “I don’t understand, have I blocked great sections of my life from my memory?”
Clocking off on a Friday
Shock, horror, travesty...an abandoned Sour Cherry...
It’s the way I tell ‘em
Not every blog can be popular...
Dismounting
A new year is often the time for positivity, new beginnings and looking forward...
Be Serious!
Should I be making an effort to write more seriously I wonder...
Improving Resilience
How do you improve your resilience...
Uplifting
Ill be straight with you...Its been a rubbish week.
It’s always too early to quit.
Tragedy strikes ten friends on holiday in Cornwall leaving them reeling with the knowledge that the crime was committed by one of them...
Why don’t we listen?
Like every other SBM, I tell myself that its OK and its half term soon...
They see the Crescent.
What do I love most about being a School Business Manager?...
Please don’t be nice to me!
Everyone learns in different ways...Ive discovered the stick works better for me.
Post-Audit Blues
When you've been working towards something for weeks...How do you deal with post event blues?
Your No 1 priority is You
You owe it to yourself and your family to look after you...
Ask Anna – Mindfulness for an SBM
Dear Anna, What exactly is 'Mindfulness' and how can it help make me a better SBM?
What happened to ‘Contentment’?
If we are going to keep living here...we need to make some changes...
Ask Anna – Tips for SBMs starting in new roles.
Dear Anna, you've written some tips for new SBMs, got any for the experienced SBM moving into a new school this year?
Ask Anna – A weekend question
Dear Anna, At the weekend, how much wine is too much wine?
Anna’s USP
Ask Anna is new. Has she got legs?
Ask Anna – The End of the Summer
Dear Anna, I love my job as an SBM, but I absolutely hate going back after the summer holiday.
Ask Anna – MATs and the SBM
Dear Anna, Governors and SLT are starting to talk about joining a MAT next year. I'm worried about what this is going to mean for my role in the school.
Ask Anna – Tips for a new SBM
Dear Anna, I've been working as a Finance Officer for 5 years and I have been promoted to School Business Manager...
The Search for…an SBM logo
The first question to address, eight months into this work-related-but-in-my-own-time activity was, "do I still want to be anonymous?"
What level are you working at?
It's back to work this week to make a start on a new academic year and I'm thinking about all I've learned about my work through this blog...