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Saturday, 3 May 2014

Open questions and lesson starts

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I cam across two excellent blogs about " Do Now's " and lesson starts in general  and it made me realise that a lot of my les...
Thursday, 27 February 2014

Primary Computing Resources KS1 KS2 onwards

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A curation based on the #ukedchat on Coding: Great collection of resources by Simon Haughton:  http://www.simonhaughton.co.uk/ Furth...
Friday, 7 February 2014

How 5 good habits can lead to excellent teaching and learning

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I recently had an observation with my line manager. I used to dread observations, especially when being judged by an expert teacher. I thin...
Monday, 6 January 2014

Using pupil feedback to improve teaching

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At the end of every lesson, I try to evaluate my teaching. I've even thought about giving myself DIRT on my timetable so that it'...
Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Reflections on 2013

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This post was inspired by and in response to Lalita Raman's initial Reflections of 2013 What are you thankful for in the current year?...
Sunday, 3 November 2013

What do all outstanding teachers have in common?

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What I'll be trying on the first day back Part 2! I will start this post with a bit of pretext at the macro level. If you want to ski...
Tuesday, 15 October 2013

What does classroom innovation look like in your subject?

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In my first year of teaching, I had the fortune of working with an exceptionally creative staff body. I was inspired practically every day b...
Monday, 7 October 2013

What can teachers learn from Stephen Covey and chess grandmasters?

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At our school, we have staff enrichment (i.e. CPD) every Monday. During these CPD sessions, we are sometimes able to choose from a menu of...