With Father’s Day being the highlight of June, our June 2022 giveaway offers you the opportunity to win a copy of Kim Johnson’s book A Journey to and Beyond the Blackboard: Memories of a Boy Who Became a Maverick Headteacher.

An autobiographical novel detailing Mr Johnson's life from his childhood in Germany and Cyprus to working and experiencing the highs and lows of working in education with young people with complex educational needs.

This is a fantastic resource, not just for Headteachers, senior leaders or SENCOs but all educators, especially those who work with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), complex and additional needs.

About the prize 

Written during the 2020 lockdown, Kim Johnson’s 39 years in education (22 years as a Headteacher/Principal) offers wealth of insight as you can see in the description of the book below, Kim Johnson has spent his life striving to achieve outstanding education specifically for children with special educational needs, and to bring fulfillment and confidence to each and every one of his students’ lives. A journey to and Beyond the Blackboard follows the highs and lows of a life devoted to helping others, at times at a detriment to his own personal life. It examines the relationships with his colleagues, associates and students. His authority, knowledge and experience in his chosen pathway leading to the corridors of Westminster – and he still rides his Harley.

The perfect book for summer break reading! Don’t miss out on your chance to win this invaluable resource!

Kim Johnson is on twitter if you’d like to follow his content @KimJ1955

How to enter

To enter our free monthly giveaway and be in with a chance of winning this great prize, you can either take a quick peek at our Facebook page, Tweet us, or sign up on our website for work and you’ll be in with a chance to win. Follow the link below and you’ll be sent to our third party giveaway page (run on there to keep things fair and square) – where you can choose your method of entry and get your name in the hat for your chance to win.

 ENTER THE FREE GIVEAWAY HERE

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June Awareness Days

Our monthly prizes often coincide with SEND related campaigns both nationally and internationally. Here is a list of awareness days for June 2022 if you’d like to support or follow along: 

• 6-12 June - Carers Week
• 7 June - Tourette's awareness Day (International)
• 10 June - National School Business Leaders Day
• 12-18 June - Drowning Prevention Week
• 13-17 June - Loneliness Awareness Week
• 14-17 June - Learning Disability Week
• 14-20 June Diabetes Awareness Week
• 18 June - Autistic Pride Day (International)
• 19-24 June - National School Sport Week
• 19 June - Wallace & Gromit's Wrong Trousers Day (Southwest England Specific)
• 19 June - Father's Day
• 20-26 June - Children's Hospice Week
• 21 June - World Music Day
• 21 June - Bring Your Dog to work day (International)
• 27 June - 1 July - World Wellbeing Week (International)
• 27 June - 2 July - Deafblind Awareness Week
• 28 June - 18 July - Children's Art Week

Are you looking for SEND work or staff?

 If you’re looking for a SEND teaching or support job in England or Wales, why not register with Axcis, the SEND recruitment specialists? Or perhaps you need to recruit staff for your school or provision? If so, why not take a look at the Axcis Website, or get in touch today to find out how we can help?