Deputy Headteacher for the day!

At the last auction (the 2025 auction) I won the raffle which made me Deputy Headteacher for the day.

At the start of the day I came early in my smart own clothes and by accident they had started the day without me! Then I came and they had realised their mistake. From 8:30 to 8:45 I handed out hand gel and introduced myself as Deputy Headteacher for the day. There were loads of children and most of them I did not know their names but I did give them a smile and said good morning to them!

After all the children came in, I went to the office with Miss Gomez and found who was late or absent. Following doing that, I rehearsed with Miss Carruthers for my upcoming assembly. Then I decided to put on a song called “as I kneel before you” and I introduced myself to the school in the assembly. I also talked about my special rule for the day, which allowed children to put on songs in class. They all seemed very happy with my rule and I hope they enjoyed listening to music during the day. After Miss Siswick was finished speaking about healthy schools and how we could achieve the healthy school golden award, I handed out certificates to the hard-working children.

I then went to the office to decide what to buy for the school, and I decided to buy some new whiteboard pens for everyone. After I had done the ordering and belly-rubbing the school dog named “Molly”, I had my break time.

Immediately after break, I walked downstairs into my for-a-day work place to meet with Miss Carruthers. Following that I walked downstairs into Reception to observe the classroom and so with every other classroom except Nursery who were on a school trip. I was really impressed by everybody’s work 🙂

I then walked down to lunchtime, not mine but KS1’s lunchtime, where I looked if they were eating enough vegetables and eating balanced meals. I then had my own lunch and played and went back to my for-a-day workplace. 

I then did Nursery’s observing which was also good. Well done Nursery 🙂  I then gave all the feedback to all the teachers from observing their lessons earlier.

I finally wrote this newsletter and gave out sun stickers to the children who were on the sun.

It felt exhausting but at the end it really all was a fun experience. I suggest you buy some raffle tickets so that you can be Deputy Headteacher for the day like me!

From Mr S

To St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School.