“We used to have fun Now all we do is fight We know something’s wrong It’s clear something here ain’t right” The writing’s on the wall Plan B After an excellent session on handwriting at a partnership training day I asked the following question on Twitter: The volume of “no” responses, coupled with the… Continue reading How do we solve a problem like handwriting?
Lov-in’ I can make it better For you All day and all night.. The Whispers – I can make it better Almost every day I see a really good idea on edu-Twitter. A couple of years ago I would have just taken it and used it in my own classroom. Now I set a new challenge,… Continue reading Take it and make it better
“Well if you want to say yes, say yes And if you want to say no, say no ‘Cause there’s a million ways to go You know that there are…” Cat Stevens – If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out. I’m in the middle of a conversation with someone who’s authority on EAL I respect… Continue reading Differentiation and other animals…
Unless you are living under a rock (and I assume if you are reading this or following me on Twitter you are not) then you cannot fail to have noticed the inordinate amount of press that Parklands Primary school in Leeds gets. There are many reasons for this, some of which I will attempt to… Continue reading Why we must all learn from Parklands Primary…
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“Love, love is a verb, Love is a doing word” Massive Attack – Teardrop I read lots of stuff on Twitter about teaching; I even read people’s bio pages when they follow me and I read lots of lines about passion. Passion about children, passion about pedagogy, passion about learning. What I don’t see is… Continue reading The things we do for love…
In 2011 I was detached from the Royal Air Force to serve in a Royal Artillery unit at Joint Operating Base BASTION in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The role of the unit was to protect BASTION against attacks from the Taliban, mainly using the professional insurgent’s weapon of choice, the 107mm rocket. The 107 is a… Continue reading The Culture of Fear 2.0
