Image courtesy Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay School trips can be a little daunting – last week Sarah was swearing in my face and threw a box of slime at my leg… can we really release her onto the general public? My beg here is an un-resounding YES! PLEASE DO! Some of the...
Image courtesy Robert-Owen-Wahl from Pixabay “Build positive relationships with your students” – Mentors “Relationships are key to improving behaviour” – Behaviour Experts “Maintain good relationships with pupils” – Teaching Standard 7 But how exactly can this be done...
Image courtesy Thomas Q on Unsplash We have problems in our schools, and we need solutions – right? There’s more to it than that, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who has suffered at the hands of ‘new solutions’ and ‘big initiatives’ that have been implemented...
I want to provide education and personal support for young people, aged 11-16yrs who have been excluded from the mainstream secondary education system. The Problem: Mainstream schools are increasingly under pressure to gain high results and therefore funding. With...
I often get asked ‘How’ I work with young people who display such extreme and challenging behaviour – even by fellow teachers in mainstream. There is, of course, no one stop ‘How’ but in this blog I share some best practices for working with such students both...
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...
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