Diamond Hall Infant Academy headteacher Sally Collingwood has been teaching children for 50 years.
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00:00Q. How does it feel to be retiring after 20 years as headteacher?
00:05A mixture, a total mixture. I feel very sad sometimes in the evening, but very, very proud of the school and the children and the parents and the staff, very proud.
00:17Q. What are you going to miss most about being a teacher in your time at the school?
00:20Absolutely the children, they're brilliant children here, so resilient, so brave, so confident, so amazing. The staff work so hard, the parents and the community, I'm going to miss so much.
00:35Q. And you must have had sons and daughters of some of the children you taught come through the school as well?
00:39Absolutely, I just said goodbye at the front office to a third generation of children, children, parents, nana, everybody.
00:49Q. So you've had three generations come through?
00:51Yes, three generations come through.
00:53Q. And what's your plans now you're retiring, what big plans have you got?
00:56A bit of a rest, holidays, swimming, art courses, just whatever takes my fancy, but travelling, learning, still learning, I want to do.
01:27Q. How much is Mrs Collingwood going to be missed at the school?
01:30It's the end of an era today at Diamond Hall Infant Academy, Mrs Collingwood will be missed a huge amount, after being headteacher for 28 years here at Diamond Hall Infant Academy, she will be a huge, huge miss to the school and to the community.
01:46Q. And Emma, how much are you going to miss Miss?
01:48I'm going to miss her so much.
01:50Q. And what's the best thing about Mrs Collingwood as a headteacher?
01:53She does start people.
01:55Q. And how does it feel to win the trophy which is in her name, how does that make you feel?
01:59It makes me feel proud.