Anyway the wind blows, It doesn't really matter, To me, To me. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Every once in a while something makes you stop and think. Whatever kind of a day you have had, whatever you've been accused/accused others of, life stuck has a way of stopping you in its tracks. Perspective. The news …
Unintended consequences
But, oh, to get involved in the exchange Of human emotions Is ever so, ever so satisfying Bjork - Human Behaviour Another weekend, another Twitter spat about behaviour. However this time we are dealing with the most abhorrent thing most of us could think of; the death of an unborn child due to the actions …
Simply the Best (better than all the rest)?
Over the past couple of days on Twitter, discussions have been ongoing about whether schools put their “strongest” teacher(s) in Y6 or not. This brought about a poll by @_MissieBee. Many have also commented on how parents view which year group teachers work in, even to the point where a move from Y6 to a …
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It’s a man’s world
I’ve been working in primary schools for 8 and a bit years, and I’ve been in possession of a Y chromosome for 34 and a bit years. The combination of the two is, I’ve discovered, considered by many to be a talking point. Comments usually take one of three main forms: · Oh, how lovely …
Learning to flamingle
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 …
