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Teaching: The profession without professionals?

The Professionals? It may not be well know but alongside being a teacher I have also built a house as a self builder. I am lucky enough that my father-in-law is an architect and my husband and I were lucky enough to make it onto the property ladder this way. The reason I allude to… Continue reading Teaching: The profession without professionals?

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Failing to Fail? Do you let pupils know it’s part of success (but not the only part!)

This week I have been meeting some new classes and part of this for myself is the ability to explain my teaching style to new pupils. Something I find really useful at self assessing what I think of my views. It often involves me stopping mid-sentence to rethink what I am saying.

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We all wasted the summer holiday! – Did you feel the teacher guilt!?

So the summer holidays started as it always did...with a list. A list that had been in my head since about June and was the list to be done to know I had had an amazing summer. Without the list how would I know I had fun, loved my family, worked enough in that luxurious… Continue reading We all wasted the summer holiday! – Did you feel the teacher guilt!?

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Moving to the beat – Could you have to start paying £18,000 for state schooling?!

Recently the BBC published an article (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39327149) with the quote - A study by the Department for Education (DfE) has found prices are 8% higher near the best-performing primary schools and 6.8% higher near the best secondary schools. So what does this actually mean and what is the real problem here?! The article states -… Continue reading Moving to the beat – Could you have to start paying £18,000 for state schooling?!

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Chance to win a prize! Read me! Theme: Starter ideas

I have always thought in education "Why reinvent the wheel?", in education we have to share ideas...there is no time not to. Actually that's a massive lie. When I was a PGCE and then a NQT I prided myself on making everything....from scratch. PPTs that would would literally take one hour to make and were… Continue reading Chance to win a prize! Read me! Theme: Starter ideas