Author Archives: RS
Taking a Primary School Online
I’m not going to pretend that I am an expert in this. Having taken the opportunity to reflect on what has been a memorable few months I wanted to...
EdTech round up of 2018-9
Getting back to my roots now with a look at two new bits (and one not so new) of of actually useful edtech that has graced my school this...
Online CPD to tackle Climate Change
I have written about the usefulness and scope of MOOCs before – although their use as specific teacher CPD has always been a bit tenuous. The United Nations has...
The future’s bright, the future’s Cumbrian!
I had the pleasure this week of attending a fantastic conference full of great speakers and big names in Education. Not the first time I‘ve done this of course,...
Teacher Resilience – what’s changed?
I was really surprised last week to read that over half of teachers, who trained when I did, would not be in the profession anymore. (From the Teachers Pay...
New Ofsted Framework – a small school perspective.
I want to start this by stating that I think the proposed framework is incredibly positive and the emphasis on workload and evidence base has the chance to really...