Having not worked in a school since July 2016 I missed the start of fidget spinners craze but, after entering the world of supply teaching, I’m pretty much caught up. Fidget spinners are toys that have been cleverly marketed as having stress-relieving benefits. I don’t know whether that’s true or not – it appears that… Continue reading No, you don’t need a fidget spinner break
When you first become a teacher it’s very hard to know if what you’ve been told in your training is actually best practice or just the latest in a long list of trends to hit the teaching profession. Over the years schools all over the country have enthusiastically embraced (and later discarded): Learning Styles, Brain Gym, formal planning templates,… Continue reading An Objection To Learning Objectives
Whilst it’s nice to see a Labour Party policy dominating the news agenda for once, I can’t help but feel disheartened by their universal free school meals policy. The plan is simple: charge the parents of children who attend private schools a tax of 20% on their fees and use the money to provide a free school lunch… Continue reading Universal Free School Meals Could Make Schools Poorer
Over the last 18 months, politics has become more emotive, polarised and tribal than ever before. If you’re to believe social media, it would be easy to think the whole world divides neatly into two categories: you’re either a racist Brexiteer or a liberal Remoaner, a Corbynista or a Blairite, a Globalist or a Nationalist. The… Continue reading The Grey Area
I have big news. Get ready with the BBC style bongs: BONG! At the beginning of December the lovely people at Bloomsbury Education got in touch to ask if I would like to write a book for them. After deciding that an Ed Miliband “Hell Yes!” gif wasn’t the most professional response I pieced together a… Continue reading Big News
