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…
Well Being
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…
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…
Rusty Teachers And Flying Time
Even if we manage to avoid getting COVID-19 then going on holiday will be a huge risk because the people flying us to where we want to go will be…
Achieving That ‘Condor Moment’
Before I started reading Tim Peake’s autobiography Limitless I knew that I was going to learn plenty. I mean, astronauts have plenty to share and what they are particularly good…
A Recipe For Wellbeing
Let’s be clear. Schools are not closed. In the UK, schools have remained open despite lockdown and they have done so for the critical workers and their children. Yet, social…
35 Things A Teacher Should NEVER Do
Recently I wrote a blog which asked whether you were SANE or just plain quackers. This listed 14 key qualities of Self-Disciplined And Nurturing Enthusiasts and what they do as…