The three types of mistake and how to use them in the classroom
When a child makes a mistake in my maths class, my typical response has usually been something along the lines of, “can you spot where you […]
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Time out: another point about teacher workload
Teacher workload. Right. Teachers have a lot to do and there’s a lot being written and talked about in terms of SLTs tackling unnecessary workload, targeting […]
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Safer Internet Day 2017: a collection
Safer Internet Day is coming up on Tuesday 7th February and while it’s great to have a day to focus on this huge and important […]
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Developing language in maths
Whether or not you pay much attention to Bloom’s Taxonomy and the like, teaching children how to explain their thinking/working/methods etc in maths is key. […]
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Why do I need to know this?
The idea that the only things worth learning at school are things you are going to need to use later in life annoys me. Of […]
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5 teacher take-aways from The Great British Bake-Off
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s near impossible to not know it’s The Great British Bake-Off final tonight. Here’s a few things teachers […]
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Every damn day
Over the past three months, I’ve worked out pretty much every morning for 30+ minutes, except for two for being ill and one for being […]
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Knowing vs feeling
Recently, I’ve been thinking about a few things that have happened to me, which have reminded me about the benefit of not just knowing something, […]
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#Blimage challenge: Darth Vader, flow and learning
After seeing the #blimage hashtag on Twitter several times and wondering what on earth it was, I found Steve Wheeler’s blog post explaining the #blimage […]
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My #summer10
I love this idea from Rachel Jones and knew I would have to join in. I don’t think I always do make the best of […]
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