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I contributed to lessons for Oak Academy. We were under huge time pressure and although there was proofreading, some errors crept in. Most of them are minor things such as spellings. I cringed when I looked…

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It was the early 1990s and I had gone to a school for an interview. The school was experimenting with “resource based learning” and I was invited to observe a class. It was a German lesson.…

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I commented recently on a proposal to pay teachers from outstanding schools £10000 to work in schools which are struggling (See link below) https://t.co/JPNylya9ej?amp=1. Even if it were possible to identify outstanding teachers, has any one…

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There has been a huge row over the difference between the amount of money apparently recommended by Sir Kevan Collins (£15 billion) and the £1.4 billion allocated by the government. But as a tutor delivering Covid…

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Now I am nearing the end of my career, I tend to look back more frequently than before. I would like to start with some things which, if not introduced properly, can make experienced teachers very…

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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…

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This is a summary of a talk given at BuffetEd on Feb 8th 2020. There is a lot of opposition to the government’s Ebacc measure in the UK education world. Basically, there seem to be 3…

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It is difficult to criticise the educational philosophy of an organisation without hurting people. I know there are good people in PiXL. I am sure Sir John Rowling is a good person. I know he has…

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“Fish is simply great – best teacher in the school” “Fish isn’t cut out for teaching and lessons were unbelievably dull” In nearly 30 years of teaching, I have heard the full range of comments about…

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Back in the early 1990s, I was told by my then headteacher that technology would bring about an end to excuses for not doing homework (forgetting book etc). I would be setting the homework online and…