Barry Smith - Stuff and things

I’m grateful for Christmas holiday time with the family!

Resilience and perspective.  Two key attributes for any teacher!

The loss of the Community Liaison Team Active Steps outdoor education provision from our ALPs programme due to funding not being renewed will be a major blow.  Sally Harris and her team have done a fantastic job working with our youngsters in the past year and it will mean a re-think of our programme at [...]

Today’s debt of gratitude goes to all of the inspirational and wise people I’ve met in my life, as well as to all the setbacks and defeats I’ve had. 
Every one has been and excellent opportunity to learn about myself and my direction in life.

I’m grateful that I live in a society  in which I’m able to express my thoughts and opinions, even if other people do not agree with them.

I am grateful for being able to learn from my experiences.  Somebody somewhere once said, “there is no failure, only feedback”.  Very true in my opinion, but not always easy to see.

I’m grateful babies go to sleep…….sometimes, even sometimes at night!! 

I am currently on paternity leave after the birth of our second son, Myles Richard, last Monday.  Thankfully everything went well, albeit 2 weeks late, and we are all now adjusting to life as four!  Sleep currently at a premium.
I happened to read an article about gratitude and how it has positive effects on mental [...]