Teacher's Notes: The five stages of post-results grief

Teacher's Notes: The five stages of post-results grief: Before you read the post, watch this:  https://vimeo.com/46652994   A wise woman once said that there are five stages in the response...

NQT (New - and Quietly Terrified!): 5 ways to ease "first day nerves"

NQT (New - and Quietly Terrified!): 5 ways to ease "first day nerves": It seems that no matter how many years you've been teaching, you always experience some level of anxiety the day before the new year. Or...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead and Stripping and Flippin...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead and Stripping and Flippin...: For teachers stripping and flipping may not sound like a way of helping them better do their jobs.  Indeed, it may even sound like the road ...

frenchteacher: Choral repetition from pictures. Is it useless?

frenchteacher: Choral repetition from pictures. Is it useless?: I had a little Twitter disagreement with a couple of colleagues today regarding the common use of PowerPoint pictures for choral repetition....

It takes a village...: Pride and Exam Results - lessons from our first se...

It takes a village...: Pride and Exam Results - lessons from our first se...: IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a free school head in possession of exam results must be in want of a blog to explain the reas...

The Baron: Educating Cardiff: good intentions are no substitu...

The Baron: Educating Cardiff: good intentions are no substitu...: If you're aged eleven to 16, have a penchant for energy drinks and enjoy the odd puff on a ciggy, Willows High is certainly the school ...

TDRE Boss Blog: ALL the RE Blogs

TDRE Boss Blog: ALL the RE Blogs: Image courtesy of Alice Walker A few months back, after some frustration at some aspects of Twitter and Save RE (on Facebook), I set up...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead - Do we need to be vaccin...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead - Do we need to be vaccin...: The start of the academic year will see an outbreak of CPD and the sharing of good practice virus. Colleagues will spend hours,  if not days...

To infinity... and beyond: Before... The One Hundred Minute Lesson

To infinity... and beyond: Before... The One Hundred Minute Lesson: I was getting changed for football on a Friday after school when a colleague made a throw-away comment about something that was pitched at a...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The One About Structure - Part 1

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The One About Structure - Part 1: Like many people at the moment, I am looking at the new GCSE in English and pondering the ‘how am I going to teach that’ that often follow...