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Going back to their roots

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By Lynsie Monro Think of a situation that makes you nervous or fills you with fear but that most other people seemingly manage with ease. For instance driving, travelling on the Tube, eating in front of people, collaborating with new people on a training course or public speaking. We all have different fears and phobias ...
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Leadership in crisis – part 2

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By Mark Bocker I wrote a simple blog some weeks back reflecting on my experience as a leader in crises and related my experience to the current situation facing leaders as they manage the phased return of children to schools. I wanted to highlight that, when everything is going well, leadership remains tiring, often exhausting, ...
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Reducing return to school anxiety

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By Huw Lloyd We’ve all had that Sunday night dread, the feeling of anxiety about going back to school after a weekend or school holiday, that knot in the pit of our stomach and we are the adults, now imagine how it must feel for the children in our schools. For some it may be ...
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The Pandemic Pedagogy

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by Cathy Duncan As school buildings begin to open their doors to transitioning year groups across the UK, practitioners are bracing themselves for their next stage on this Covid journey. The ‘recovery’ phase. A more blended learning model, incorporating both remote and classroom learning. Now more than ever Maslow must come before Blooms. Ensuring good ...
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How lockdown may affect career choices

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by Huw Lloyd If, like my family and many other families up and down the country, you stood every Thursday at 8pm for 10 weeks and gave a round of applause to our key workers, you may have been asked by the younger members of your family, as I was, why you were doing it. ...
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Essential Thinking

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by Lynsie Monroe If I could offer our children and young people one piece of advice to tackle global issues for a better world, critical thinking would be it. There have been lots of recent opportunities to challenge our learners to think critically: Do you see a statue of a slave trader being brought down ...
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A brave new virtual world

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by Mark Bocker I have just turned 60 years old and, over the past five or six months have been introduced to a virtual world. I need to demonstrate skill and expertise in order to deliver our, usually live, content through a medium which feels, at times, a little alien. The learning curve has been ...
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A risky business

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by Cathy Duncan When I became a teacher, 20 years ago, I promised myself I wouldn’t teach from the textbook and bore my students with worksheets. I wanted to emulate my favourite teachers growing up; those who were inspiring, engaging, thought provoking and who made learning fun. Teachers who I still remember today for all ...
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Changing the narrative

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by Huw Lloyd When I saw the news that teachers along with other public sector workers were going to be receiving a 3.1% pay increase I was happy for colleagues who are in line for this increase. In a profession and sector that has seen a pay freeze for many years, it is welcome and ...
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Excellent early years for lucrative later years

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by Lynsie Monro Watching with eagle eyes as I build a tower of wooden blocks, my niece starts removing pieces from the middle. I try to keep it from falling but the structure eventually topples. I start again, laying a slightly wider base. This time my niece’s efforts to demolish are met with a meek ...
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