2016 has started in a pretty grey and wet fashion.\u00a0 We will all know people who have been affected by flooding and will all be hoping things improve as the year unfolds.<\/p>\n
In this blog I am keen to highlight a couple of themes, the first being ‘improvements’.\u00a0 Many people start the year with an area for improvement (what we call a new year resolution).\u00a0 I am not a great fan of the new year resolution – if something needs improved why\u00a0wait until the end of the year to do something about it.\u00a0 Improvement should be\u00a0continuous and on-going.\u00a0 I often say to pupils, staff and parents let me know if there is something you want us to improve.\u00a0 Don’t wait until it becomes difficult to make the improvement.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0second theme I want to mention\u00a0is ‘failure’.\u00a0 Some people are afraid to fail and as a result they do not test themselves to their limits.\u00a0 Many of the most successful people say they have learned far more from their failures than from their successes.\u00a0 Some of the most significant breakthroughs come from testing a product to its limits.\u00a0 So often\u00a0after a quiz or an exam people say “I knew that but was too scared to say it in case it sounded stupid”.\u00a0 Failure is a good thing it shows you are pushing yourself and it is an opportunity to\u00a0learn from your mistakes.<\/p>\n
Over the early part of this session I want us to help\u00a0our young people\u00a0push themselves to\u00a0‘learn from failure’ and to ‘keep improving’.\u00a0 I also recognise that\u00a0although I have now been Head teacher at Harlaw Academy for 3 years there is\u00a0still a lot which needs improved.\u00a0 I am\u00a0committed to making on-going improvements\u00a0and value any views people have on areas we need to work on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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