Jamie Farquhar came in to speak to the boys and girl this afternoon about his job as a head teacher; he had a tough act to follow after sister in-law’s careers in the community assembly only minutes before! Jamie didn’t need any introductions, we were all familiar with him from transition days to the academy, from events at Kirkcolm school and of course for his favourite job of all – being Fallon’s daddy! 😄
The talk itself was a whirlwind of excitement as the boys and girls took on the role of headteachers! Jamie give them a list of jobs and responsibilities from budgeting, to dealing with staff, parents, pupils and resources and asked them to rank these basked on order of importance and to top it off, they has a very limited time to make these important decisions – so as you can imagine there was just as much stress in the room as I imagine goes on in Mr Farquhar’s office on a daily basis, perhaps just a little less boujee furniture!
This task captured the skills needed to be a successful head teacher perfectly as the pupils demonstrated their ability as:
Collaborating Coras – they worked together to decide on was the most important priority, often having to negotiate their feelings and gut instincts.
Communicating Cates – there was plenty of discussions in the room, lots of heated debates and interesting conversations between the class of wanna-be headteachers.
Leading Lis – as a Headteacher Jamie explained that important decisions fall onto you and often this can seem scary! He used the example of everyone ordering their priorities different as a means to show that regardless of the decisions you make, you are always going to upset somebody, as much as you want to try and avoid it!
Feeling Felix – He said that as well as doing plenty of thinking with you head, it’s always important to show compassion to others! ❤️
Overall, I am glad we have Mrs Baillie and Mr Farquhar as our heads/ soon to be heads as I don’t think I would like to work for any of the mini wanna-be headteachers!! 😮🤭
A huge thankyou to Jamie for his time this afternoon, I think its fair to say we learned first hand how busy a head teacher is so we are very grateful that he managed to squeeze us in this afternoon! The boys and girls all had an absolute blast! 🙂
