Teacher Wellbeing- we must do right by ourselves in order to do right by our...
If I wasn’t stressed, why were they? Until very recently I didn’t really believe in stress. Stress was something that other people let happen to them. I am by default a positive person (to some,...
View ArticleHands up if you think this is just good practice (or not)!
Recently, a school came under fire for ‘banning’ children from putting their hands up to answer questions. Leaders at the Samworth Church Academy in Mansfield claim the traditional method of answering...
View ArticleFeedback – perfect this and everything else falls into place!
Feedback can be verbal, non verbal or written At it’s most simple, feedback is information given to a pupil and/or the teacher about the learners performance relative to their learning goals. It...
View ArticleWhy ‘mixed ability’ classrooms are the way forward
In the week where the government’s Social Mobility Commission published a report stating that putting children into sets can have a ‘profound negative impact’, I ask “Does setting have a place in the...
View Article“Better to get there late than never at all!” – Prioritising for better...
Whilst watching a re-run of 1990s tv show ‘Police, camera, action’ at 2.30 this morning (the things you do when you have a 20 month old who refuses to sleep through!) I heard a police officer talking...
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