Kids and liars
Sending communication home about a student’s behaviour is not a favourite activity of any teacher. Where I work, if you’re hearing from...
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Retro Blog: Autism has a place in the classroom
This article made me angry. It asks a simple question, ‘Does autism have a place in the mainstream classroom?’ It made me angry because...
Ability Grouping
I’ve never been a fan of ability grouping in schools. I’m always left with the feeling that we automatically limit what groups of student...
Badges, Rewards, and Barking Dogs
Badges are a new thing in education at the moment. Read about them here. They seem a harmless, if not motivational, way to assist...
A Minecraft Classroom
We've been using Minecraft in my Year 6 classroom for a couple of week to great effect. Here I've outlined some of the main activiti
Learned me some things
Whilst attending a Professional Development session recently I was challenged by a suggestion that I should come up with my own ‘model for t
Canaries On The Spectrum
This article made me angry. It asks a simple question, ‘Does autism have a place in the mainstream classroom?’ It made me angry because...
Hey! Things change.
War historians have pointed out that for most of human existence war did not change much - not in its techniques, nor equipment....
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