Excellent early years for lucrative later years
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...
View ArticleChanging the narrative
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...
View ArticleA risky business
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;...
View ArticleA brave new virtual world
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...
View ArticleEssential Thinking
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...
View ArticleHow lockdown may affect career choices
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...
View ArticleThe Pandemic Pedagogy
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’...
View ArticleReducing return to school anxiety
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...
View ArticleLeadership in crisis – part 2
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...
View ArticleGoing back to their roots
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...
View ArticleThe transition to secondary school
by Cathy Duncan Starting secondary school is a recognised milestone for every learner. An adventure, a challenge that can often be seen as a daunting prospect for many. Of course, there will always be...
View ArticleThoughts on returning to school
By Huw Lloyd If, like me, you tuned in to hear what Boris Johnson had to say as he addressed the nation about schools, education and getting children back into school, your house may have sounded like...
View ArticleBack to school: Who comes first?
by Mark Bocker There is significant, and often heated, debate on social media and in the press at the moment regarding why, when, and how we should begin to scale up action in bringing children back...
View ArticleA Strong Start
by Lynsie Monroe To all those new to the world of teaching, hold on to your whiteboard pens, the remarkable journey you’re about to embark on makes Frodo’s quest look like a trip to the corner shop...
View ArticleWill homeschooling continue for some?
By Huw Lloyd As I was driving to do my family’s shopping on a rare foray into the outside world during lockdown, I caught part of the excellent Nihal Arthanayake’s Radio 5 Live show on a Wednesday...
View ArticleConnections and Nurture Should Remain the Priority
By Cathy Duncan For all teachers and learners, this pandemic has forced us into a period of isolation where the physical classroom, staffroom or learning hub has no longer existed. We have all been...
View ArticleNQTs 2020: The Covid-19 cohort
by Cathy Duncan All NQTs prepare as best they can for the stresses that await them in their first year of teaching. They have advice on speed dial on behaviour management, their first parents’ night or...
View ArticleWhat will our school curriculum look like post lockdown?
by Huw Lloyd The coronavirus lockdown is currently changing how lots of us do many things: shopping, working, socialising and for many of our children, learning. The lockdown has seen many young people...
View ArticleMind the gap
by Mark Bocker It’s a phrase we used to hear over the echoing tannoy when getting on and off trains. Lately however, it has become the focus of many, many school leaders, teachers and parents...
View ArticleOne thing’s for sure
By Lynsie Monro The last day of the school year elicits a mixed atmosphere. There’s something slightly apocalyptic about it while at the same time, being delightfully euphoric. The gates swing shut and...
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