Which meant an extra half hour in my comfy bed
A delicious bacon butty upon arrival
Learning new skills for the teacher’s bible
After a while it became evident to see
Nothing new being preached to you and me
An activity with knickers the highlight so far
The course would be better if they opened the bar
The theory of multiple intelligences gave us a wee smile
People being pigeon holed into one intelligent style
Interpersonal intelligence being the most popular choice
Not many in musicality but they sang as one voice
Lunch soon arrived and we where swept to another suite
The Aintree staff were there to serve and greet
The food not bad but not pudding on offers
Surely a nice gesture would be to loosen the authority
coffers
The discussion flowed with us all saying the same
The same old story and the same old game
The question isn’t about being creative or not
The question is about the time we haven’t got
Teachers are the most creative people I know
Give them a topic and away they will go
New ideas, new beginnings and a challenge set
But all under submission by the education net
An overcrowded curriculum driven by a target
Another intervention handed to us on a pamphlet
Everyone trying to ‘Narrow the Gap’
But the water keeps running on the target tap
So now a big push on teachers to be creative
To say we are not is quite abrasive
Challenging pupils to be their very best
Giving each lesson a certain amount of zest
I’ve got no doubt they’ll be a new agenda soon
And we’ll be back sitting in the Aintree Racecourse room
Talking about the same things but wrapped up a different way
Education would be better if they let teachers have their
say!
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