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News from Mr Grady

Hello everyone!

I hope that the summer-like weather is allowing you all to stay positive this week.  It's certainly meant that I can barely hear myself think for all the lawn-mowing going on in my village.  Everyone appears to have launched into a variety of "keep busy" tasks, and there is much car-washing, window-cleaning and general business in my village at the moment.  I suspect it's the same for everyone - we've all immediately thought about daily exercise regimes and so-on.

I think I've been pretty honest about my capacity to stick at things on a schedule previously in this newsletter, and so I have not even bothered trying to convince myself that I will do a daily exercise regime, or anything like that, as I know it will only frustrate me as I inevitably don't stick to it.

Once again, I feel someone somewhere is going to be concerned about a head teacher setting a low-bar, but as we know at Rugby High School, we have set heights in our hearts, and in order to set heights I mine, I know I need to know myself.  So, although I know I won't stick to daily exercise, what I have done is promised myself that I will not get snappy with either our two cats or my wife. As we linger inside for the next few weeks, I'll take every moment where I feel like getting snappy, pause, breathe and consider what the impact of that snappiness will be.

I'm not saying I'll be some sort of Zen-Master of calm, but, I know in order to do the very best for my family, and myself and indeed my work, remaining calm, and measured and taking care to monitor my own emotions will ensure that I can achieve everything I need to over the next few weeks.

I hope you're staying safe and well, wherever you are,

Best wishes,
Mr Grady

Please find below information that has been passed to us that may be of interest to you and your family.

Click here for a video from the Anna Freud Centre on supporting parents and carers through disruption.

Click Here for the latest Warwickshire Family Information Newsletter.

Click Here for Advice to families who co-parent and child arrangements from CAFCASS.

Below is an update from the CAB service.

Dear All,

This is a quick note to inform that all outreach provision will be suspended from 20^th March 2020. 

We will seek to resume normal service when Government Guidance deems it is safe to do so.  In the meantime we will continue to offer a telephone and email service in relation to generalist advice.

Telephone advice: People can access this service by telephoning 01788 566238. Delivered by local generalist advisers in Rugby between 10.00am and 2.00pm Monday to Friday (excluding Thursday). Outside these hours, our service can be accessed via the national Citizens Advice call centre by calling 0300 3301163.

Email Advice: Accessible via adviser@brancab.org.uk