Creativity in the classroom: myths and strategies
Back in April, I was a mentor at London’s Google innovator Program where I ran a session on strategies to improve creative thinking. Then in […]
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Exploring maths through a core text
Last week, we had our annual school carnival and this year it was linked to the book Leon and the Place Between. For two weeks […]
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#proudofmyselfie one year on: some new ideas
Thanks to my Timehop app, I was reminded that yesterday was a year to the day since I came up with the idea for #proudofmyselfie, […]
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Getting physical: computing at Raspberry Pi Towers
I was lucky enough to be one of 20-odd educators to be selected to take part in the first ever Raspberry PiCademy that took place last […]
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Ask your students: how can I help you?
If a child is struggling with something, it can be easy to forget to just ask them how you can help them before setting off […]
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Creating and using ‘self-led’ ICT units
After a suggestion from my colleague, I’m working on a kind of ‘self-led’ ICT unit for next half term. I say ‘self-led’ because it includes […]
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Reading activity quick fix
Any primary teacher knows the importance of choosing engaging and worthwhile reading activities in order to ensure you don’t get constantly interrupted with your guided […]
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The Learning Journey
Along one of the walls in my classroom, is a long orange arrow; it’s my class’ learning journey. In The Perfect Ofsted Lesson, Jackie Beere […]
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Bad SPAG!
This year, as a year 6 teacher, all of my class will have the pleasure of sitting the new spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG) test. […]
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Taking notes like Tony
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been one to use what I would have called ‘mind maps’ both in and out of the […]
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