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So this year was my second year at the Sunday Times Festival of Education hosted by Wellington College and it was once again, an excellent CPD event.  Last year I attended the event with one like-minded colleague, this year I attended with seven like-minded colleagues all of whom, found the day interesting and relevant (or at least they told me they did). The purpose of this blog really is to sort my thoughts out.  I attended so many sessions and to run through them all providing a blow by blow account is unhelpful - both to the reader and to me.  Also, as David Weston (@informed_edu) pointed out, bad CPD often draws the attention of the person in lots of directions for short bursts of time whereas what is needed is a smaller focus over a greater period of time.  This has lead me to think that rather than trying to take something from everyone, I shall take what I need to take for right now. The session that most impacted my mindset was @learningspy's talk on 'The Cult of O