Monthly Archives: March 2020

Ok – let’s be clear: I am not a historian, nor am I a primary school teacher. But in my newfound role as home-schooling Dad, I have wanted to devise some additional … Continued here: https://ift.tt/3bv7VhY

Originally posted on fish64:
As we all get used to working from home, I am beginning to feel uneasy. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel under ever growing pressure to show what a wonderfully caring teacher I am. I…

Originally posted on teaching personally:
One Friday in November 2016, I left my classroom – and never went back. The mental health consequences of working in a stressful profession for three decades had finally caught up with me. They were…

How Ofqual and the exam boards could moderate grades this year Continued here: https://ift.tt/2wpKt73

Originally posted on teaching personally:
“To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.” Bertrand Russell There is a way in which every one of us…

The National Reference Test could help validate the grades that will be awarded Continued here: https://ift.tt/2J8g9k5

Home schooling is a surprising new reality for lots of working parents. I have two young children – aged 8 (year 4) and 11 (year 6) – and now home school is … Continued here: https://ift.tt/2U7W5EG

What steps could be taken to award grades in 2020 in the absence of examinations? Continued here: https://ift.tt/2x4Xl2q

In the current climate, worrying about whether this year’s GCSE and A level exams are going to go ahead as scheduled may seem like small beans but it’s a big deal to those directly affected. My… Continued here https://ift.tt/2UgcNke

Attainment in maths at age 11 and English at age 16 has increased for pupils with English as an additional language relative to white British pupils Continued here: https://ift.tt/2Qcdh9x