Monthly Archives: December 2017

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images A colleague is teaching Year 12 maths methods next year for the first time since the introduction of the new course. As part of the process, I sent her through…

Originally posted on Scenes From The Battleground:
Last week I wrote about phonics denialism for the first time in ages. About 24 hours after listing the arguments I most often hear from those who deny the evidence about early reading…

Originally posted on Reading all the Books:
About twenty minutes walk from Great Yarmouth train station is a school where every child will greet a visitor with a smile and a ‘good morning miss!’ It is a school where children…

Originally posted on fish64:
“You value attainment. I don’t. You have failed to understand that progress rules.” A well known blogger once tweeted this to me. It is actually quite shocking when you think about it. An educator who says “I…

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images Over the last couple of years, I have had cause to work with English teachers and to read some of the literature on English teaching. I have become convinced that…

Originally posted on e=mc2andallthat:
The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known, or to recommend known truths by his manner of adorning them. Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, 27 March 1750 I regret to…

Originally posted on Governing Matters:
In my previous blog I reproduced a post by Kevin McLaughlin who wrote very movingly about his experience. The issue of staff wellbeing is one that we, as governors, should keep very high on our…

Originally posted on Governing Matters:
Today I read a blog by Kevin McLaughlin titled The depressed teacher. This blog is about a topic I think governors need to think about. With Kevin’s kind permission I’ve copied the blog below in…

Originally posted on teaching personally:
Thanks to Old Andrew for flagging-up the continued existence of this ‘blogging legend’ on Twitter. I try to limit my social media activity (it takes up too much of life as it is) so I only notify on…