Monthly Archives: July 2014

Originally posted on cherrylkd:
Calendar girls! What a great idea! Well done to @cazzwebbo for getting this huge project off the ground. Every credit to her, what a star! Thanks also go to @chocotzar for the original idea for raising…

Originally posted on the primary head's blog:
I have chatted to three other headteachers recently about a particular issue concerning leadership that irks me: giving thanks. Now, forgive me for saying, but I think I’m actually quite a nice…

Originally posted on Trivium 21c:
“Practise Teaching, Teaching Practice” is a series of tips and observations about fundamentals for great teaching based on my experience as a teacher for over twenty years and also as a trainer of teachers for…

Originally posted on Trivium 21c:
“Practise Teaching, Teaching Practice:” is a series of tips and observations about fundamentals for great teaching based on my experience as a teacher for over twenty years and also as a trainer of teachers for much…

Originally posted on Mr Melaney:
We talk a lot lately about the ever growing need for places in our primary schools as more and more children are being born, making the fight for places in local schools more and more…

Originally posted on Mr Melaney:
Proposals to allow universities to underwrite student loans have been drawn up by civil servants as part of research into how to shift the burden away from the taxpayer as a result of some students…

I thought I’d give you an update on the whole frequency tree “thing” that happened when the original Sample Assessment Materials from the exam boards were published. It originally started here when I  (“they” made me do it!! .. bloody twitter … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Scenes From The Battleground:
You may recall (see here)  that in February a group of bloggers met Mike Cladingbowl, one of OFSTED’s biggest cheeses, as part of an exercise in bridge-building with the online teacher world. It…

Originally posted on teaching personally:
Albus Dumbledore voted the teaching profession’s favourite teacher I read the above headline from The Independent with some despondency, which turned to bemusement when I investigated further.  I’m not normally a reader of fiction, and…

Teach First often gets an odd hazing on social media, which is strange for several reasons, the first of which is that the same people who cry havoc at the first sign of politicians criticising teachers, will bury their blades … Continue reading →