I spent Saturday walking the dog on the beach and beautiful coastline paths of Broadsands. We intend to take the year 5/6 children there next week as part of their learning this term and someone had to do the risk assessments! The weather was glorious you wouldn't think it was nearly the end of October. We also visited the River Shack bistro, in the beautiful village of Stoke Gabriel on the River Dart. The mill Pool here is famous for crabbing and that's what we intend to do with 52 children. I can't wait.

Thursday and Friday of last week I spent at the Devon Association of Primary Headteachers' Conference at Saunton Sands, North Devon. It is great to have an opportunity to get away occasionally with others and have time to think and refocus on my role as a school leader. I listened to inspirational speakers who raised my awareness of the changing world our children are growing up in and this reassured me that at Kentisbeare School we are delivering a curriculum that is exciting and relevant to our children. Although I know there is plenty of room for further development.

News is filtering through that school budgets may not be affected in the Spending Review however we await with interest to see what the results will be. The governors and myself are always thinking and planning many months and years ahead but such uncertainties make it difficult to make concrete plans for the future. After next week we might have more information regarding this.

In the meantime have a good week and let's hope the weather is as good as it has been this weekend.

Tracey Hailey