Blogs

1) Peer Assessment Introduce pupils to the idea of showing their work to a friend using the Share option just once and they'll want to do this each time you...

Anyone who has ever attended the BETT Show in London will tell you it is chaotic and very commercial. The latter is inevitable, because BETT is a free-entry event, and...

How are you feeling on results day? In this post, I hope to impart my seasoned examination ‘results day’ advice for students, parents, teachers, middle leaders and views as an...

Children whose behaviour is “different” are collateral damage in competitive high-stakes schooling. Caught in insane ‘zero tolerance’ cultures where compliance beats care, schools are again reaching for the ‘exclusion solution’,...

When I think of teacher workload, one of the most common issues that comes to mind is marking. I regularly feel that my time would be better spent creating powerful...

How to create smooth transitions That might sound odd – of course schools are ready for transition, that’s what they exist for. But the point is more subtle, and it...

Initially, the student blogs were nothing more than a class journal posted online. They were digital notebooks. However, over time, they became a place for student's voice. They evolved as...

As the title suggests, this book focuses on what we as adults can change to improve the behaviour of students in any classroom; admittedly this may be best suited to...

Action stations. SATs – love them or loathe them, they are nearly here. It’s not just children that need our help either. You may have been asked to write a...

As a K-12 teacher, you must always be willing to try new things — and virtual reality (VR) is an extremely promising avenue. However, given the alarming rate at which...