Stop right now thank you very much I need somebody with a human touch Hey you always on the run Gotta slow it down baby, gotta have some fun Stop - Spice Girls We have truly entered uncharted waters this week. Last Friday we were coming to terms with the announcement that schools were to …
On working from home
Teachers are heading into a new world, one where they will be working from home for extended periods, without physical social contact. And I feel for and admire every single one of you. Similarly, teachers are moving from the structured (literal bells, whistles and a timetable) to the less structured. It is unfamiliar territory for …
Ben’s Adventures in Donaldsonland
Sometimes I find myself idly thinking about education and pedagogy and, you know, all that stuff, while reading, for the fifteenth time in a row, one of the works of Julia Donaldson. Donaldson, in case you don’t know, is a genius, whose works have deservedly sold millions of copies and entertained millions of tiny people. …
Do what makes you happy!
I have read some tweets over the last few days that have niggled away at me. They weren’t enough to prompt me to put ‘pen to paper’. Today however has changed that. There have been tweets about time spent in class over the holidays. This happens every year and EduTwitter goes into meltdown about the …
It’s okay not to be okay
*Trigger Warning* This blog discusses grief throughout. On June 27th it will be four years since my dad died. Four years. Four. It feels like forever and a moment ago all at once. Such a simple statement but one I think only a person who has lost someone close to them can ever truly understand. …
Knowing Books, Knowing Your Class, ah ha.
Over the past couple of years I have seen posts on Twitter asking for recommendations for books to use as class readers, some even stating on a Saturday that they need it for the Monday. I have also seen World Cup of Books held which contain books that the teacher has not yet read (one …
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Sorry, not sorry
Sorry Just Only Apologies If you don’t mind A minute of your time I’m no expert Am I making sense? These are examples of some of the words I use on a daily basis in my professional and personal life. I recently read a selection of emails I have sent over the past six months …
Colouring over the lines…
You are my one ambition Show me your recognition It's getting better all the time It's getting better Shed Seven - Getting Better Last November I published this blog where I described the slow deterioration of my own mental health. Today, 6 months later, I can report that - in the words of Rick Witter …
Does the grass need to be flattened?
These bastards stole their power from the victims of the Us v. Them years, wrecking all things virtuous and true. The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool. Ignoreland - R.E.M. As the OGAT scandal rumbles on through the twittersphere, polarising debate from the #ZeroTolerance …
The #PrimaryRocks family
If you were expecting a blog on the phenomenal speakers (of which there were many) then I am afraid this is not the blog for you. There will be a number of those in the days to come, and one already on here from the wonderful Colin. This one is a little more personal. This …
