First week in the office

People ask me all the time... so what ARE you doing for 3 terms? You have no kids and no staff. It must be pretty cruisy!

Unfortunately I was already a week late due to the volcano erupting in Iceland. An extra unplanned week in London. Typically this would be great news, however on this occasion it was not conducive to setting up a school!

Creating a school from an empty shop..... hmmm.

First task, you need a place to work. The place needs to include a work surface and a chair.... well chairs are over rated!

The challenges in this first week included, hooking up the internet - note to others, expect a 69 day wait on the exchange as it will be full, getting some furniture in - while free loan furniture is a brilliant idea, it is not instant and can take up to two weeks; the hole for the fridge will be the smallest one on record and nothing available will fit. None of these things are of course essential for children, learning, curriculum or anything else remotely consistent with schools!