This is the third year of the Cambridge Festival of Education , but just the second year that I have attended. The aim of this amazing festival is to help teachers to feel valued, appreciated and inspired. It is is a festival full of joy and flamboyance: a festival atmosphere (rather than a stuffy conference) and a purposeful sense of 'radical optimism' underpins all that happens. The festival recognises the challenges that face our schools but aims to rise above this in recognising that the staff in our schools are absolutely dedicated in bring joy to their schools, despite the pressures. The symbol of the FLAMINGO as an optimistic emblem for us is fantastic; the flamingo is an elegant and unique creature: exquisite, proud and set apart in its beauty, standing out from the crowd. What better symbol for our educators who have joined together to #flamingle with like minded radical optimists?! In the spirit of 'festival', flamboyance is encouraged and it was great
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