NEC - The Education Show

Spent Thursday of this week at Halls 6 and 7 of the NEC for the 2011 Education Show. It was an early start after a pleasant evening sampling Timothy Taylor's finest, and down the M1 / M42 and M6 in the morning murk... Arrived in plenty of time, and trolleyed two loads of boxes to the stand to set up as the crowds gathered for their goody bags and the sun burnt through the mist.
Set up the GA's stand, and got organised ready for what would become a steady stream of visitors through the day, with not much chance for a break.

I will be writing a number of additional posts to flag up a few of the interesting stands that I visited.

A few things that are worthy of mention perhaps:

• Plenty of folk waiting to see Gok Wan - managed to get a photo for my wife
• If you do go next year, take a trolley - there were plenty of those being wheeled along - plenty of bargain buys particularly for Primary colleagues
• Although there was no Ordnance Survey or some of the other usual suspects, the Met Office were there, as were several outdoor related groups - had chat with the Learning outside the Classroom folks...
• Take plenty of water and sweet things
• Sign up early for seminars to break up the day - it's a smaller show than BETT, with a different focus and feel...