Your Best Day: Sweat, Step, Sleep And Sit
johndabell Lockdowns have certainly changed who we are and they have drastically upended how we live, especially children. Learning at home means that children are glued to their screens from morning…
2021
Make Sure Children Get Out!
“I am, I can, I ought, I will.” Do you recognise the motto and who it relates to? This is Charlotte Mason’s motto for students. Who? You might well ask.…
How Do You Eat An Elephant?
When talking about the idea of change, Desmond Tutu once said that “there is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” Obviously the very idea…
The 1,000 Hour Chat For Teachers
There comes a point in most people’s professional life when you reach a certain level of competence and you feel in control. Gradually over time you start to shed the…
Courage
Teachers need courage. It’s a job that demands it on a daily basis and it’s not for everyone. It certainly takes courage to stand in front of a class and…
Why Teachers Should Take The Knee
You might associate ‘taking the knee’ with the left-wing political movement Black Lives Matter and sports stars showing their support but there are other variations. Taking the knee is a…
Remote Teaching Is Eroding Learning
Remote teaching or distance learning has revealed that teachers are ill-equipped to teach using technology. This shouldn’t be a surprise either as virtually all teachers have been given zero training…
Ignore Everybody
Ignoring everybody seems to be odd advice but it’s certainly something we need to do more of. Cartoonist Hugh MacLeod tells us so in his book Ignore Everybody And 39…
Well, I’ll Bee!
Primates, dolphins and parrots are all clever clogs. But what about honeybees? Are they swots? How good at maths are they? Pretty damn good. We already know that honeybees (Apis…
30 Life-Saving Senior Leadership Questions
When applying for your first senior position then it is worth thinking through responses to some possible interview or written exercise questions. Have a go at the following and formulate…