Monthly Archives: December 2013

Originally posted on Kmflett's Blog:
Michael Gove is Horatius on the Bridge: Radio 4 Start the Week on history On December 30th Education Secretary Michael Gove appeared on Radio 4’s Start the Week to discuss history and history teaching.…

Originally posted on cavmaths:
I guess inevitably, given the time of year, I have been in a rather reflective mood. I suppose the season builds to NYE, Christmas passes, you catch up with family and friends you haven’t seen for…

Having read many of the nurture posts, I felt that I had to have a go at writing my own.  Some of the posts have inspired me, some have moved me to tears and some have intimidated me in terms … Continue reading →

Originally posted on mrbunkeredu:
I love a to-do list. Almost every day (sometimes twice a day) I earnestly write myself a list of jobs and tasks to complete, which almost never gets completed. My desk is littered with multicoloured post-it notes,…

Originally posted on Ramblings of a Teacher:
I’ve watched the #nurture1314 hashtag go from strength to strength, but it’s not really my sort of thing. However, as my end-of-year-review, I’m finally getting round to following up on @Samfr‘s excellent post…

Originally posted on Stack of Marking:
One of my first teaching heroes never even became a teacher. She was a colleague of mine on the PGCE course; bright, funny with wide eyes encased firmly behind some serious coke-bottle specs. She…

Originally posted on Psych(ed):
I’m rapidly realising that research with young people is more fraught with problems than I originally surmised. Ironically, the very area of my research should have highlighted this possibility, in that young people will go…

‘And these words shall then become Like Oppression’s thundered doom Ringing through each heart and brain, Heard again – again – again – ‘Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number – Shake your chains to earth like dew Which … Continue reading →

Amongst all the reflection and positive vibes kicking around at this time of year there must come a point when I take stock of the real issue. As a teacher, the only question I need to ask myself is, ‘Am … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Oldprimaryhead:
I was forced to write this retrospective. Forced by the BLOG police of the Twittersphere ™. I wrote my first blog in January. It came after a great night out in the Highbury Vaults (Lovely Bristol…