Archives for Teaching and Learning
How I Use Whole-Class Reading
Context first: this is a mixed age Y5/Y6 class. I tried whole class reading instead of a guided reading carousel last year after a bit of a dip in...
Starting a headship in September? Here’s advice I was given…
I will be starting my 5th year of headship in September – and I don’t need to say how quickly that time has gone. I would be being dishonest...
Why I’m not sure about a women-only NPQH.
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now. I’m worried this will be a step backwards for equality and understanding – a short term gain that will only...
Why we ALL need to improve recruitment and retention.
A new education secretary era begins – and the advent of a new education secretary alllows us to take stock of where we are and, more importantly, where we...
Have you tried a MOOC?
When studying Education Technology a few years back MOOCS were just becoming commonplace – and like everything in the edu-tech space was being hailed by some as the technology...
New Teacher Advice
A few tweets doing the round for this – and a few responses (some more tongue in cheek that others…. ) Here’s mine – and forgive me, but it...