Alongside focus on content, learning and progress it is vital that our students know how to look after themselves and their wellbeing, especially around exam times. This blog shares my three main tools. To book a session with me on Exam Preparation Wellbeing then...
On more than one occasion I have had to justify bringing Free Writing into an English classroom. I have so much belief in, experience and evidence of the innumerable benefits of Free Writing in the classroom, that I have bent rules, wangled lesson plans and...
Inspiring learning quotes are useful, but a stark examination of when learning stops can help us release the blocks. Original article written for Always Possible. “We never stop learning;” “Never stop learning because life never stops teaching;” “Education is not...
Love is not a word we often feel allowed to use in education. But it's there. Of course it's there. As educators, we (usually at some point do or have) love our subject and many of us love our jobs - at least the teaching bit - hence why we chose to do this work. ...
Once a month I noticed a year 11 student refused to engage in the lessons. She would get her make-up out, back chat and appear lazy. For the other three weeks she generally tried hard. In the run up to her exams the time she spent distracted increased. Armed with...