How are you feeling about #NakedTeachingDay? Are you excited? It’s a bit different and you’ve got something planned that you just know the kids will love! Maybe you are nervous? You’ve got your ideas together but you’re scared you will … Continue reading
“We say in Africa, when a griot dies, it is like when a library burn.” Story telling appears in all cultures, from the bedtime fictions of England to the recalling of history of the African griots. We all love a … Continue reading
Thank you to Diane Leedham @DiLeed for pointing me in the direction of so much research for my time in Ghana. As part of the work of WWEP, I will be working with teachers and leaders to improve learning outcomes … Continue reading
I love technology and resources as much as any teacher. Having spent the last year deep undercover as a supply teacher, my big bag of resources has saved me on many occasions (especially when my only guidance has been a scribbled post … Continue reading
Do you care about the children that you teach? Do you know the conditions they’re living in? Do you know what circumstances surround them? Do you have an insight into their lives? Do you have time for their story? All … Continue reading
“If we can do something, then we should do something.” Ian Gilbert, Climate 4 Change day, Barnsley Trying to teach your average Jo (me) to get to where crusaders like Professor Paul Clarke are in their thinking is like teaching … Continue reading
One thing we all have in common is communication. Even if you chose to lock yourself in a dark room, never to speak to another soul, you are communicating your will to be left alone. Effective communication is a powerful … Continue reading
The Problem with Creativity When I asked a group of 11 year olds to recount the story of Cinderella, I assumed that this simple question would take pupils a few moments. The aim was to gather the basic plot … Continue reading
Do you think, once Christmas was over, that Scrooge lived happily ever after? Or do you think that his life had ups and downs, regrets and relapses? Do you think he struggled with the changes he made when the twentieth … Continue reading
Walking through the bunches of grapes draped around the doorway, my eyes were opened today to more than just an amazing little space in West Brompton. This space was the scene of our latest ‘Thinking Saturday.’ Ross and Megan Ashcroft … Continue reading