Times table – arise centurion
M names is Kristian and I am overly interested by time tables? I first taught Year 8 Maths to a low attaining set (5), as an experienced teacher (18 years) but novice Maths teacher with just two terms notice. I …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Jury is out on differentiation
“Differentiation” is used to mean so many different things the term is effectively meaningless. Most are hard to do, take a lot more teacher time/effort and are unlikely to benefit students. There is my opening statement and I’d be interested …
Meet MARGE and the rest of the book
There really is little more I can say, other than to reiterate Tom Sherrington’s encouraging words to grab a copy of Arthur Shimamura free ebook A Whole-Brain Learning Approach for Students and Teachers. Consume it in a couple of hour or so, it is well …
Why give power away
The more power you give away – the more powerful you become. Yesterday I was talking with a special Assistant Headteacher. A former student who is working tremendously hard, within a challenging context, within a tricky leadership setup. I offered …
Rocks is back, are you coming…
Many thanks to the Teach Company for sharing – ahead of the ticket release of OneSchool #srocks19. Why you Should Head to Southern Rocks 2019 this February Fantastic speakers, numerous sessions, great coffee and tea…oh, and celebrating great teaching with …
Performance Reviews – think again (part 2)
Two weeks in and school is starting to find a rhythm. One of the few things new staff can be grateful for is, that for the most part, they will have already agreed their contractual terms and therefore there is no …
Performance Reviews – think again (part 1)
Cards on the table. I am highly critical of triennial performance reviews, performance management, of any flavour that casts dark skies over many schools up and down the country. I have been banging my very little drum, as loudly as I …
Another year at Hindhead Campus 2017-18
We started this years assembly, with last years closing video. Created with Animoto, pictures and very short video clips from across the years events combined together in HD suitable the big hall! It was a positive reminder of what we …