1 quick way to start a lesson with a challenge
An easy to deliver challenge for the start of any lesson. All you need are two different coloured sticky notes […]
4 steps to help you innovate this year
It is always a pleasure to be invited to write for Innovate My School. My latest feature focuses on how […]
Getting September Ready: Stretch and challenge Slips
Stretch and Challenge is right at the top of my ‘must tackle’ list this year! With that in mind I […]
4 ideas to help you explore mindfulness
What is Mindfulness and why is it suddenly everywhere? Mindfulness is not new! I need to get that out there […]
tips4teaching PODCAST
Last summer I started a Podcast. Don’t worry if you missed it, it didn’t last long. The busiest year of […]
4 Stretch & Challenge ideas tested
Welcome to my latest 1/2 termly post! This time a quick run down of 4 stretch and challenge activities I […]
4 Assessment ideas I tested last term
Assessing on the go! The marking pile adds up quickly so any way to reduce that pile in my […]
4 Questioning ideas I tested this term
Questioning is something I believe is best revisited as often as possible to fine tune.
10% Braver
We have this saying at my new school (Aureus School); “Be 10% braver as often as possible”. My 10% braver […]
Growth Mindset
A growth mindset is hugely important, it’s not a fad, it’s how you build resilient learners! I’m witnessing the benefit of students having developed a growth mindset and its enabling me to teach much more challenging computing lessons than I had originally thought I would!
Wellbeing – TeachMeet Hatfield presentation
Wellbeing is a topic so very close to my heart, the more I talk to teachers around the UK the […]
FREE DOWNLOAD: Desk notes A3 page a day template
A little doodle with a marker pen and the pad of A3 paper someone had left on my desk on Friday afternoon resulted in this design for a desk pad.
An easy AFL ‘win’…
Peer Assessment, an easy AFL ‘win’ in any classroom! When you’re starting out in teaching ‘AFL’ seems to be a […]
Stretch and challenge
I like to keep things simple, if something is simple and effective don’t over complicated it! Bloom’s to stretch and […]
Feedback most common…
One of the most shared tips of mine is printing on sticky notes to help you get ahead of the […]
Predicting outcomes
What happens if… One way I like to assess learners understanding is to ask them if they can predict the […]
Sharing knowledge
Know it? Share it! One of my favourite ways to assess students understanding of a topic I’ve taught is to […]
teachershop.co.uk
Welcome to the online shop with one goal: Get high impact, low cost resources into the hands of every teacher […]
New term challenges
A new term is on the horizon, what’s your challenges? For me there is a very busy two 1/2 terms […]
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4 Stretch & Challenge ideas tested
Welcome to my latest 1/2 termly post! This time a quick run down of 4 stretch and challenge activities I […]
Growth Mindset
A growth mindset is hugely important, it’s not a fad, it’s how you build resilient learners! I’m witnessing the benefit of students having developed a growth mindset and its enabling me to teach much more challenging computing lessons than I had originally thought I would!
FREE DOWNLOAD: Desk notes A3 page a day template
A little doodle with a marker pen and the pad of A3 paper someone had left on my desk on Friday afternoon resulted in this design for a desk pad.
Differentiation
Differentiation and scaffolding These two are the closest relations in a teacher mind, so close that they’re the most often […]
4 ideas to help you explore mindfulness
What is Mindfulness and why is it suddenly everywhere? Mindfulness is not new! I need to get that out there […]
tips4teaching PODCAST
Last summer I started a Podcast. Don’t worry if you missed it, it didn’t last long. The busiest year of […]
Getting September Ready: Stretch and challenge Slips
Stretch and Challenge is right at the top of my ‘must tackle’ list this year! With that in mind I […]
4 steps to help you innovate this year
It is always a pleasure to be invited to write for Innovate My School. My latest feature focuses on how […]
1 quick way to start a lesson with a challenge
An easy to deliver challenge for the start of any lesson. All you need are two different coloured sticky notes […]
Ada Lovelace Day (October 9th)
Do you know who Ada Lovelace is? Did you know she was instrumental in the invention of the modern computer? Did you know she was a close friend and collaborator with Charles Babbage?
Remember, they remember…
There are moments that you remember all your life, for example… and… Short post this, but its important to remember […]
The Art of Observing
Seeing is believing Being able to observe good teaching and learning is an art! It’s something that comes with practice. […]
Can you self reflect to get ahead of the Ofsted curve?
This post explores similar areas for improvement identified in Ofsted reports from schools across the country at various levels of grading.