Assembly Ideas
Reading time, 4 minutes: How do you prepare for leading school assemblies?
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5 Warning Signs of a Lousy Teacher
Reading time, 5 minutes: This blog is based on my teaching experience alone.
Part 1: What Would You Do As Headteacher?
Reading time, 2 minutes: What would you do as the headteacher?
#TakeAwayHmk
Reading time, 6 minutes: Over the past two years, I have been aiming to improve delivery of homework in my own classroom.
Using Semiotics in the Classroom
Reading time, 5 minutes: How does using semiotics improve teaching and learning?
#Nurture1314 – my ’13 highlights and ’14 hopes, by @TeacherToolkit
Reading time, 9 minutes: I take great delight observing grass-root ideas evolve through teacher-blogs. This initial idea by @ChocoTzar kicked off in December 2012 and is appearing to have established itself as an end of year review for many teacher-bloggers. It’s great to welcome so many new teachers to blogging and #Nurture1314.
The #5MinWellBeingPlan
Reading time, 5 minutes: How do you look after yourself?
The Impact of #SLTchat across the UK
Reading time, 5 minutes: Over the past 13 months, I have watched @SLTchat grow and establish the #SLTchat hashtag for education on social-media. This has not been a solo effort and one I wish to highlight here.
Where I’ve Failed As A Teacher
Reading time, 7 minutes: This post has been sparked off by Rachel Jones @rlj1981 who blogged on the topic of ‘pontificating about pedagogy’ in July 2013. Her post headline, “Show me the money” was an excellent article; one I wholeheartedly agree with. As a result, I have decided to share her sentiments and elaborate on the mistakes ‘I have […]
Is Your Teaching On Fire?
Reading time, 4 minutes: I returned to work on Friday 30th August for our annual senior leadership meeting. This is traditionally before the start of each academic year. As you would expect, this gathering is strategic, but full of holiday gossip and banter; as well as headline stories regarding summer examinations; school news; building works and staffing and student […]
The 5-Minute Exams Results Analysis
Reading time, 4 minutes: The beginning of many school years often starts with an analysis of the previous year’s results. This can be a complex and time-consuming business which can send a number of more “statistically challenged” teachers heading for a darkened room to lie down in. There is a balance to strike between having enough data to analyse […]
Thwart Ofsted, The Grim-Reaper!
Reading time, 7 minutes: Here are some key Ofsted (September 2013) updates relevant to teaching and learning in the classroom. I have provided a summary of what will change for the teacher alone; ignoring all other updates. Any text in red, is crucial to ‘Thwart the Grim-Reaper’ from entering your classroom this academic year.