Month: May 2015

– Some of the hardest things to teach are the most intangible. I always tell

– Described as “the Hay-on-Wye of education”, and now entering its sixth year, The Sunday

– It’s the summer term, the sun is out and, even though Outdoor Learning takes

Last month, I was asked to deliver a workshop on managing workload and avoiding burnout

– Each year, I spend somewhere in the region of 70 hours (outside normal working

– As a teacher teaching in an International school (Halcyon London International School) my students

Principles (Values) Children intrinsically Love learning. We aim to help them develop a genuine and

– Smoking is not only bad for your health; it also puts 400,000 children in

From the minute they walk into the classroom, my year 8 class know that suddenly,

A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to do an activity with my class at

1. Accept that schools don’t have a monopoly on learning. People, and especially children, are

– It’s both the bane of many parents and what has been called a major

– Teenage girls like and feel more similar to women in appearance-focused jobs such as