Hats!
Yesterday I went to the PRU. For those of you not in the know that stands for Pupil Referral Unit. It is a wondrous place that I have written about before. The young people who attend work extremely hard & yesterday was their Achievement Award Day.
Now usually they have a celebrity attend who does the handing out but unfortunately everyone was busy. So they asked me to go along in my role as Chair of the Management Committee (like governing body).
As I was replacing a celebrity, I thought I’d better ‘do a turn’ so took my hats. This first one is from ‘Bad Hair Day’ which was a Comic Relief Day 2003. I had worn it to an interview – yes seriously. I was going for a headship & wore it while teaching a group of 6 year olds!
My next hat is the one I wore as a Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz. Again school connected as it was a production we did one Christmas. We always tried to involve all the children so those who didn’t have speaking parts & staff all came as Munchkins!
My last & most prized hat is the one I bought outside the old Wembley stadium when Gillingham were in the play-offs to go into the Championship in 2000. It was 20 & amazingly we won! Sadly, we have slipped & slipped since then but you can’t have a premiership without a League Two! Anyway, they are nice people down there & there are some great places to visit.
So there you have it – my hats. The young people were great & were able to join in with my silliness! I then had the pleasure of congratulating them on their achievements. For some, coming forward for praise was very difficult but they did it & were proud (even though they were reluctant to show it!)
I don’t believe we have anything like this celebratory award day here. Sounds like a wonderful idea. BTW, the hats are great.
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You look and are gorgeous! Ugly sentence, but you get my drift!
I love this post. It has made me smile from ear to ear. Not just for the great organisation you are involved with, but those bloody brilliant hats, and that smiley friendly face beaming out from beneath them. I bet you were worth double any of those celebritites!
M2M x
I love them all but the ‘bad hair day’ has to be the winnner for me!
It started life as a mohiccan but….!
Noooooooo….. Not Gillingham. Please………. I’ve had some of the worst moments of my life at Priestfield.
Kate – PNE fan. 😉
Oh dear! That plastic pitch of yours!! I have a PNE pencil!!
I love the Achievement Days at the PRU’s – I get invited to a lot of them through work – the pleasure and gratitude on the pupil’s faces when they receive their award/file of work/certificate is fab.
Love the hats, Julia 😀
Thanks Nickie! It was a good end to a not good week!