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Yesterday COR YM schools were invited to this term's networking session. Sadly numbers were light on with some of our "regulars" being away assuming other responsibilities. Carol-Ann (via Zoom) gave us all the good oil, especially about Connecting Schools Grants & Penny briefed us on what will be coming up in the future in Rockingham.
Each of us discussed what is going on in our schools & then we shared possible ideas of how to sort any possible hiccups. The beauty of these sessions is a shared concern & interest in what everyone else is doing & if there seem to be some "hiccup" everyone pitches in to support & offer possible ways of sorting the hiccup!
Since last year, with COVID19 throwing a spanner in the works, we have all had to acknowledge (& accept) that sometimes WHAT we HAD hoped (indeed planned) to do, was JUST NOT possible. Sometimes external circumstances just mean it is not possible to do!
I know for our Team (& me!), that has been a tricky lesson to learn but when you can accept that sometimes stuff is out of your hands, it is character building!
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James (Your Move)
Nice one Arlene - I like the acceptance message. It reminds me of the CIA principal I learnt in project management training. If you can't Control the situation and you also can't Influence it, then you must Accept it - it saves a lot of heartache to realise that! You have earned 25 points for attending the network meeting and another 10 for your reflective story.
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Thank you, James, another acronym for my list! I'll be taking this one to the Team on Monday for discussion & filing under "useful stuff."
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