As you may have seen in my recent post I am moving out of the classroom to be able to work and support schools in a number of different ways. To help with this move I've just built a new website to showcase the sort of support that I am offering…
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I read a lot of blogs. There's some heady work out there. For example I just read a (yet another) great blog by John Tomsett on student-centred leadership. A subject close to my heart particularly given the work I did at Clevedon with the brilliant John Wells on student focused…
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"I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe. Ofsted inspectors laughing and smiling. I've watched children enjoying their learning near the end of term. All those moments will be lost in time, like so many tweets on a #hashtag. Time to blog." Enough of the Blade Runner parody and time for…
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I’ve been an Independent Thinking Associate for quite a while now. It’s a lovely community of some of the most respected and brilliant educators you could ever wish to meet. We get together a few times a year and if you imagine what the inspiration is like at a Teachmeet,…
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I was at Bristol Brunel Academy's 'Never Stop Learning' event on Thursday evening this week and was delighted to have been asked by its organiser, Stephen O'Callaghan (check his blog here too) to wrap up the evening with a plenary. I did so with the following presentation and video. The event was…
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If you read my blog you probably know that I don't really do technology for technology's sake. I was recently asked to be involved in a Teachmeet by the lovely Nikki Gilbey (check her blog here too) with a technology focus and wondered about what to talk about. I had recently…
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It gives me such great pleasure to host the following #teachinghighlight from someone I truly admire and respect. This post is by Jill Berry. Since Mark Anderson (@ICTEvangelist) published his post asking us to reflect on our teaching highlights, I’ve done a lot of thinking! I taught for 30…
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I start my teaching day by feeding our sheep and pigs before setting up the day’s lessons in Land Studies. The department has been built up step by step over the last four years, and each stage has been a calculated risk. We started with Brian the hamster, to see…
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An English Trip to Shakespeare’s Birthplace For the last fourteen years I have taught English to secondary-aged pupils at a Pupil Referral Unit in the Midlands. Many of these students are vulnerable and complex, some are in care, and a large number have severe behavioural difficulties. All of this means…
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Stuck in the Mud. A teaching highlight When you think of creative dance you don’t always think of children’s playground games. When you think of ballet you don’t always think of wheelchairs and community involvement. When I think of funding by the Arts Council galleries or Covent Garden and opera…
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