Monthly Archives: October 2016

Originally posted on Things Behind the Sun:
I read through the feed from Tom Barrett’s #creativitychat recently. It made for an interesting yet frustrating e-conversation. Maybe the whole concept of creativity is tough to define in practice, that is in…

It’s Castle Competition time again.  Every year, after a unit of work on the post Norman Conquest, Year 7 are given the opportunity to enter in any number of four categories; model, painting, cake and, since last year, Minecraft. Source: … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Reflections on schools, teaching and education. :
OUR KIDS: THE AMERICAN DREAM IN CRISIS, BY ROBERT PUTNAM A visit to Rome’s colosseum this summer reminded me that we can be quick to judge the moral failings of other…

This blog post is in response to a TES FE article that has been promoted widely this week -?How FE can transform the workforce of tomorrow On the face of it, the points made in the post might sound like…

Originally posted on johntomsett:
I have been a teacher for 28 years, a Headteacher for 13 years and, at the age of 52, this much I know about not publishing data targets to students and parents. One of the biggest differences…

Originally posted on missdcoxblog:
How would you explain these to a student? http://www.storyofmathematics.com/greek_pythagoras.html Recently I’ve been considering what makes effective teaching and I think this is often overlooked as an important aspect of teaching. How a teacher describes, explains, especially…