Personal Flipped Learning and the Harkness method 13 Sep 202113 Sep 2021 The content of the IGCSE Language and Literature course is fairly substantial. Our year 10 course is focused on completing the coursework but this does not mean that I don’t…
Personal #Monthly Writing challenge: September: Awareness 29 Aug 202129 Aug 2021 I love this theme. I think summer is the perfect time to reflect which in turn heightens your awareness. To be fair, having been through quite a bit in my…
Personal Some thoughts on CPD 21 Aug 202121 Aug 2021 Over the summer I read The CPD Curriculum by Mark and Zoe Enser and it has made me really think and reflect upon CPD provision and support within schools. It…
Personal The First English lesson 8 Aug 202121 Aug 2021 One thing that many people have been pondering is the all-important first lesson. How do we set the tone for the year ahead correctly? In the summer space, it is…
Personal Essentialism by Greg McKeown 31 Mar 202131 Mar 2021 As busy teachers, essentialism is not always a skill we have successfully acquired and my interest in this book was piqued when Kat Howard recommended it on Twitter. Personally, I…
Personal Revisiting old posts: Happy 1 Year at the Welly 2 Mar 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN MARCH 2014 There is a sense of irony in starting with a cake to celebrate an anniversary and that is because, in a lot of ways, I…
Personal Revisiting old posts: breaking the mould 28 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN JULY 2018 Disclosure: this is an honest blog. I'm not sure everyone will like that. Over the wall, I see my future standing tall. Over the wall,…
Personal Revisiting old posts: Ciao Roma! 28 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN AUGUST 2018 So I thought I'd write a little blog about my arrival in Rome. A bit of a diary but it could be useful for anyone…
Personal REVISITING OLD POSTS: A DAY IN LOCKDOWN 28 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY ON MARCH 12TH 2020 My alarm still goes off at 5am. I guess I can’t get my head round that I’m not physically getting up and going into…
Personal HNY #oneword2021: Passion 1 Jan 20211 Jan 2021 There is something utterly transformative about turning 40. Your 20s are where you are young, live frivolously, make lots of mistakes. Towards the end of your 20s you might start…
Personal #Monthly writing challenge: Appreciation 27 Dec 202027 Dec 2020 The past month or so has been a struggle. I’ve mentioned before that I took the decision not to go back to the UK in October when my half term…
Personal Week 3 reflections 20 Sep 202020 Sep 2020 Living through a pandemic It seems crazy to think that we are now entering into week 3 of our new normal. After a delayed start, due to positive serological tests,…
Personal Returning to school during a pandemic 29 Aug 202028 Feb 2021 This week we returned to school amidst a global pandemic with three days of INSET to prepare. Our SLT have done the most incredible and amazing job in preparing for…
Personal A new year – it’s time to set those goals! 23 Aug 2020 Happy New Year! On the first school Sunday of the new academic year, thoughts of school start to weigh in. It’s an unusual start to a new school year. For…
Personal Knowledge… 27 Jul 202027 Jul 2020 Over the past week or so I have been redrafting version 1 of a unit of mine on the short story ‘The Story of an Hour.’ As I revisit this…
Personal And suddenly you just know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. 16 Jul 202020 Jul 2020 Welcome to my new site! A site focused on my learning with regard to international teaching: the knowledge of the core international programmes (IGCSE and IB) and my pedagogical development.…
