Christmas

Mental Health Staff Well Being 

Teaching Through Tragedy

21st July 201821st July 2018 Hayden Reynolds 1238 Views 2 Comments bereavement, Cancer, Christmas, death, hospital, love, Mental Health, Students, support, Tragedy, Wellbeing

How do we cope with a bereavement?

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Policies Seasonal Workload 

The 12 Days of Christmas

25th December 201719th November 2018 John Dabell 1350 Views 0 Comments #MarkPlanTeach, 12 days of Christmas, Assessment, budget, Christmas, Christmas carol, Education, Headteacher, Interventions, Marking, NQTs, Raspberry Pi, School, Seating Plans, teaching, www.raspberrypi.org

What does the twelve days of Christmas look like in your school?

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Seasonal Teaching and Learning 

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

23rd December 201723rd December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 1546 Views 0 Comments Assessment, blogs, Christmas, Education, Feedback, leadership, Marking, Poem, poetry, prose, Schools, Snow, teacher, teaching, Twas the night before Christmas, Winter, Workload

What if every child’s exercise books were stolen from school?

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CPD Seasonal 

CPD Picks of The Week

21st December 20178th February 2018 Holly Gardner 1184 Views 0 Comments @DanielHewittITV, Amanda Spielman, Andria Zafirakou, Christmas, Durham University, Eartha Pond, education fads, Global Teacher Prize 2018, Jennifer McCombs, LGBT, Mathematics Teacher Exchange, maths mastery, Mobile Phones, NAHT, Ofsted, Out-of-school-time, Professor Peter Tymms, Rachel Cramer, RAND Corporation, Shanghai maths, talk-up a teacher, Thierry Karsenti, Tuesday Humby

What 30 things should you never say in the classroom?

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Ofsted Seasonal Workload 

The Teacher and The OfSTED Inspector

20th December 201720th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4819 Views 1 Comment bias, blogs, Christmas, Education, fable, holidays, Inspections, inspectors, leadership, Marking, Multi Academy Trust, Ofsted, Paulo Coelho, preferences, Schools, Superhead, teaching, Wellbeing, Workload

Should teachers shun marking piles and instead plan for a more meaningful work-life balance?

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Parenting Primary Seasonal 

The 12 Plays Of Christmas

18th December 201718th December 2017 Sophie Horton 1380 Views 0 Comments Audience, Baby Jesus, Carol Concert, Christmas, Christmas concerts, costumes, Mary and Joseph, nativity, pantomime, Parents, performance, plays, Primary, primary teaching, props, rehearsal, singing, Three Wise Men

Recognise any of these Christmas concert gems?

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Behaviour Psychology 

Smile, You’re A Teacher!

24th July 20179th January 2018 John Dabell 5611 Views 0 Comments Advice, Christmas, Education, happy, positivity, School, smile, teaching, Wellbeing

Should you smile before Christmas?

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Curriculum DfE Seasonal 

All I Want for Christmas

24th December 201623rd December 2016 @TeacherToolkit 3243 Views 0 Comments Christmas, Consultation, Department for Education, Donald Trump, EBacc, Father Christmas, House of Commons, Ian Taylor, Lord Nash, Schools Week, The Earl of Clancarty

If you could choose just one present for Christmas, what would it be?

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Assessment Staff Well Being 

5 Marking Tips for Teachers

14th December 201614th December 2016 @TeacherToolkit 11888 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Battle Hymm of the Tiger Teacher, Christmas, holidays, How to Be Free, I Do We Do You Do, Lee Parkinson, Marking, Mary Myatt, Modelling, The Marking Frenzy, Visualiser, Well being, Yellow Box, YouTube

If teachers need to mark during their holidays, what strategies can reduce or eliminate this burden?

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Resources 

Resilience Sketchnote

23rd December 201526th December 2015 @TeacherToolkit 6253 Views 2 Comments Christmas, Mike Rohde, Resilience, Sketchnote, The Sketchnote Handbook

What methods – other than traditional blogging – can we use to communicate our thoughts?

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Seasonal Workload 

Let Me Mark!

19th December 201518th December 2015 @TeacherToolkit 2809 Views 1 Comment @RachelOrr, Christmas, Marking, Seasonal

This post is a seasonal twist on marking and teacher workload. Let Me Mark is an adaptation of Let It Snow!

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Staff Well Being 

The Staff Party

17th December 201517th December 2015 @TeacherToolkit 5229 Views 1 Comment Alcohol, Christmas, Drugs, Drunk, End of Term, Misconduct, Staff Party, Teachers' Standards, Wellbeing, Work Party

When attending a ‘work social’, at what point does professionalism become blurred?

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Blogging Ofsted Seasonal 

While Teachers Marked Their Books by @RachelOrr

20th December 20142nd March 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3220 Views 7 Comments @RachelOrr, Auld Lang Syne, Christmas, Marking, Ofsted, Seasonal, Twas the night before Christmas, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

This short and quirky seasonal blog, and is a twist on the classic Christmas hymn, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.

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Seasonal 

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, When All Through The School

24th December 201328th October 2016 @TeacherToolkit 5494 Views 1 Comment A Visit from St. Nicholas, Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore, Marking, School, teaching

This short and quirky blog, is my own twist on ‘Twas the night before Christmas. The context for this poem;

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Leadership Seasonal 

12 Days of Christmas, My Headteacher Gave To Me

16th December 201230th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5851 Views 2 Comments Christmas, Head teacher, Ofsted, The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)

Some light-hearted fun for the Christmas season …

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