Monthly Archives: April 2015

Using research in education: Working memory in the classroom: Working memory is the memory system we use during everyday activities. Imagine, for example, attempting to multiply two numbers without …

ManYana Ltd: Why do I need a teacher?: Walking the dogs through the glorious Welsh landscape is brilliant thinking time. Today they were particularly well behaved. I could walk…

Originally posted on Stepping Back a Little:
What’s the difference between these two choices? Choosing whether you’re going to do a PowerPoint or a poster Choosing to respond to a bad grade with a different approach The first one is…

TDRE Boss Blog: Religious Literacy [RC]: Image from The Way textbook from TERE Religious literacy is the knowledge of, and ability to understand, religion. (source <here&g…

Originally posted on not very jolley:
I thought it about time I finished this update of the latest universal free school meals shinanigans I apologies for the fact that this is so long, but as I haven’t blogged for a…

Originally posted on Rather random thoughts of a new SENCO:
So today I went on a course. It started well – when I arrived I was greeted with, “Have you got your lunch?” No I hadn’t, I thought it was provided, no…

Aisling MacSweeney has been a physics teacher in London for the last five years. She is an NUT school rep and a member of the Labour party. The discussion surrounding Britain’s examination boards has arisen many times in the last … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
The summer before I started university, I was given a reading list. On this list was Richard Dawkins’ “The Blind Watchmaker”. It had a major impact on me. Prior to this point, I had…

The idea that schools should be educating students’ character has been gathering momentum in recent years. But the once distant drums have become increasingly urgent; politicians and professors, hucksters and headteachers, all kinds of apparatchiks – even the occasional edu-blogger – … Continue reading →