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Aug 30 2017

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 23 2017

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Ways that technology can help with wellbeing

By Mark Anderson educators, personal, Positivity, Tips No Comments

There are lots of reasons why it makes sense to use technology to help us with our personal and our professional lives. The signs of poor mental wellbeing are things such as anxiety and depression. The causes of anxiety and depression for teachers are often things such as workload, too…

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…

Aug 11 2017

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Teachers: What to do with those holiday snaps?

By Mark Anderson Positivity No Comments

It's that time of year again where we are finally on our summer break. Destinations are most likely underway for many of us. I loved this tweet from Tim Clarke where he shared a creative idea from one of his colleagues at work. https://twitter.com/tim_jumpclarke/status/889747065491906560 It got me thinking about…

Sep 27 2016

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Meet and greet

By Mark Anderson Positivity

I taught a lesson today. Ok, so it was somewhat artificial. I was working for Apple at their national RTC (regional training centre) conference at the Belfry near Birmingham. One of my sessions there over the two days was looking at a new App they have called Apple Classroom. It really…

Jul 11 2016

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A shout out for a more positive you!

By Mark Anderson Positivity No Comments

I am lucky to have worked with some phenomenal teachers over my professional years. Some of them are so called 'edu-celebrities' who have won awards for their blogs and recognised in various polls and are thought of as being inspiring by many. Some are people who deliver some of the…

Jun 08 2016

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Ten things you should know about dinner ladies

By Mark Anderson Positivity 4 Comments

Ok, so straight up - the first thing you should know is that they're not dinner ladies, they're 'lunchtime supervisors', okay? One of the best bits of advice I could ever give to a trainee teacher or to an NQT would be to make sure that you make friends with…

Sep 02 2015

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Starting a new term, why not look at @ClassDojo?

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, Positivity One Comment

If you know me you'll probably know I am a big fan of ClassDojo and have been for many years now. It is a fantastic tool for home / school communication and for developing positive engagement within your classroom. I am not going to spend time in this post extolling…

Feb 17 2015

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The Power of Amazing

By Mark Anderson Positivity 2 Comments

There's something quite special about being told you are amazing. It's something I try and tell people a lot. It's because people are amazing. I saw someone sign up on Twitter for the first time this week. Someone who was a bit scared about it but had a go any…

Jan 17 2015

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Videos for inspiration and assemblies

By Mark Anderson Positivity 2 Comments

There are lots of things that can inspire creativity in the classroom. We know why we want our students to be creative and to think creatively - it's so that they can express themselves in ways that enable them to embed their learning in the classroom. One of the ways…