This month is LGBT History Month in UK schools. I am an out teacher, and as it happens, no, I am not a lesbian – I’m bisexual. (although it’s tricky sometimes to say the B word in front of 30+ teenagers – it has the word SEX in, and can lead a...
I returned from my month’s Education trip to Finland a few days ago. The questions I am now being asked on a regular basis are: – Is it just amazing? – Do they have loads of resources and money? – Are all the students well behaved? Overall the...
With my second school visit under my belt, my head around the main points and differences between Finland and the UK, I have been able to find many surprising similarities, and have even found the odd thing about the British system that I think works better! Missed...
This time last year I had a thought. I work with students with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties – vulnerable people in our society who are segregated, excluded and marginalised. A group of people who, for some at a young age, were told in varying ways...
“Inspiring workshop that has directly affected my planning and teaching. I am now thinking very differently than I did before this session. It really is a case of needing to walk in someone else’s shoes to understand their issues. Thank...
“Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends the principle of diversity.”[1] In addition, dividing subjects rigidly in education is impractical and unrealistic. In our day-to-day lives we do not function in...
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