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...

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....