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Sep 06 2017

So you’ve been given a new iPad infographic

By Mark Anderson Education, ICT, iPad, iPad apps, NQT No Comments

There is every chance that in your inset this year you'll have spent some time looking at how you can develop your practice with technology. You might have even been given a new shiny (or more usually not) iPad to use in your work. If you're new to iPad (or…

Sep 01 2017

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My first day of school as a teacher…

By Mark Anderson Education, educators, Learning, NQT No Comments

I was approached recently by edarabia.com to write a short response to a few questions for an article they're running. One of the questions was about what I remembered most from my first day as a teacher. I wrote less than I'm going to share with you now but the…

Aug 30 2017

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Back to school – So you’ve got a new tutor group…

By Mark Anderson Blogs, Education, educators, NQT, Nurture, Positivity No Comments

Being a form tutor is one of the most rewarding parts of the job of being a teacher. You'll have allsorts of characters thrown at you in the course of your teaching career. When you go back to school this year who will you be confronted with. Will it be…

Aug 18 2017

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Some things you should know about school trips…

By Mark Anderson Education, educators, Food for thought, NQT, Positivity No Comments

You may have seen in the news recently that Ofsted's Amanda Spielman commented that an "“over-cautious culture has developed in our schools”. She went on to say that this “deprives children of rewarding experiences, of the opportunity to develop resilience and grit and which makes it hard for them to cope…