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You can not afford to miss this programme. Space Dive – a one-off documentary, Space Dive tells the behind-the-scenes story of Felix Baumgartner’s historic, record-breaking freefall from the edge of space to Earth. It is the entire STEM curriculum shrink wrapped into …
Anyone else missing a few students from class this week? Year 10 and 11 boys in particular, as of November 13th? Can we expect some bleary eyed teenagers to return to class next week? [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/petewharmby/status/269785040488128512″] Let use the dollar figures shall we, …
Make the obvious, obvious again. I think that is a great phrase. I often get reminded of this concept by line manager, with whom I share an office. He often asks ‘what is our core purpose?’ when either myself of colleagues …
Learning on the job is inevitable. Something’s we learn are takes a few hours, days, weeks, a half term, a while academic year even. Some, only moments. Yesterday I welcomed a parent who felt the need to visit school at …
“Inspirational” is a dangerously overused word. But it’s the only word to describe “Brooklyn Castle,” a new documentary that tells the story of a tiny, unlikely talent hotbed: a middle-school chess team from Brooklyn, NY. Daniel Coyle Why is it …
Today I received an email from the SSAT asking if I would consider writing a ‘series of regular contributions,’ for SSAT English and Literacy radar. Okay, it might not be my English specialist knowledge that led to the invitation, however I …
Don’t be angry with me music teachers. Google Chrome wants us to get creative and play music, together. Well I say play… Let’s Jam. Let me introduce Google’s new webapp that let’s you play music in your browser with up …
When the cook tastes the soup, that’s formative; when the guests taste the soup, that’s summative. – Dr Robert Stake [qr_code_display]
