If I asked you to think of flamingos, what would come to mind? Standing on one leg? Pink feathers? Flocks searching for shrimp? For Rae Snape and the organisers of the Cambridge Education Festival 2018, the flamingo is a symbol of hope in the teaching profession. Attendees were encouraged from outset to have fun and …
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes…
Let's start a war Start a nuclear war At the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar Gay Bar - Electric Six In 1989 a fresh-faced @mrgprimary set off along the way to the RAF recruitment office in Reading. Having done lots of research about types of aeroplanes, weapons and where in the world they had …
Behaviour
There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic To human behaviour But yet so, yet so irresistible. Human Behaviour - Bjork A dare for you. Go to Twitter and search for 'behaviour'. You'll be astounded at the polarisation of views across the edu-sphere. You see, nothing seems to divide educators at the moment as behaviour does. But …
Toilet humour…
There's bats in the belfrey The windows are jammed The toilets ain't healthy He don't give a damn Just chuckles and smiles Laughs like a madman Sheriff Fatman - Carter USMUnless you have been living in a cave without twitter over the past couple of days then it will have been hard to escape the …
The North Does Indeed Rock…
And though he never would wave goodbye, You could see it written in his eyes As the train pulled out of sight Bye-bye The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town So there is is. Finished, ended. Northern Rocks is sadly no more. Before I look deeper at the themes that ran across #NRocks18 …
Overcome.
It's very rare that I will take time out of my schedule to write a serious blog. The usual, if annoying, tactic of frequent pop culture references to illustrate my points would (unfortunately) feel out of place in amongst this offering. I'm going to attempt to write about my career, rather introspective I know, but …
RT(F)Q x 2
Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? Lose Yourself - Eminem So tomorrow it is KS2 SATs time. The day we've all been waiting for. A celebration of the greatness of Y6 teachers up and down this …
Uninvited attention…
It's not right, but it's okay I'm gonna make it anyway Whitney Houston - It's Not Right Another day, another Twitter issue. It seems that there is a portion of the edu-world, predominantly male, who think that it is ok to send inappropriate messages and photos to other members of the community. Well it isn't. …
Life in a small school…
All this time I was finding myself, and I Didn't know I was lost Avicii - Wake Me Up When my contract ended in a large primary school I struggled to find a job. Being told several times over that you were second best on the day eventually grates on you and you start having …
It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it!
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow Every step that I take is another mistake to you Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow Linkin Park - Numb I've just done a very quick search on traits of effective leadership and, guess …
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