Monthly Archives: February 2015

Reinventing the wheel. It’s one of those phrases that we hear all of the time in teaching and a cliche, like many, that is a bit misleading and tired. While I’m all for sharing successful resources and approaches to avoid … Continue reading →

The last #28daysofwriting comes back to the fundamental question of educational values, and from a phrase @pivotalpaul -Paul Dix – used during #LFE2015. Paul, along with Sue Cowley, was discussing issues of behaviour management in school. Towards the end of the session, Paul … Continue reading →

Just a short one from me tonight. Today I’ve been in London on a course designed to help create more challenge in the KS4 classroom. Regular readers (do I have regular readers? If so, hello and thanks!) will know that … Continue reading →

I’ve been teaching for 4 years and before this I always worked full time. My absence record has always been something I’m proud of (and mostly what I get told off for!).  Cold, sore throat, aching and generally needing to … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Stepping Back a Little:
I’ve written this post as a contribution to the Feb 2015 #blogsync topic of ‘Knowledge Vs Skills’ (posted just in time!) The ‘Knowledge Vs Skills’ debate is real. You may not have been…

Teaching – A new career: Taking the metaphorical bull by the horns: I try to always use a metaphor as a title for my reflection and in this week’s English lessons I introduced the use of them with my class’s…

Originally posted on Joe Kirby:
I often ask pupils at family lunch at Michaela what their favourite subject is. Many of them reply, ‘I love every subject, sir!’ What we choose to teach plays a big part in how much…