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I’m Leaving The Classroom – A New Chapter Begins

On the first day of this term, all the way back in early January, I handed my notice in. Next week, the final 4 days of term, will be my last at my current school and my last as a permanent classroom...

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I Gave My #Purposed Book Away – what have you done with yours?

During the recent Purpos/ed Conference in Sheffield we were given a smart little book of all of the 500 word articles published during the March campaign. The books were created with the help of...

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Why I turned my back on teaching

It has now been 6 months since I left the classroom as a Year 5/6 teacher and turned away from my role as Deputy Headteacher which I had only started a year before. I have never really spent time...

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Set Your Compass: Share Your Direction

All too often we don’t co-construct our curriculum with the children in our class. What occurs is a complete lack of clarity about where, as a group of learners, we are heading. In fact the direction...

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A new chapter down under

There were two distinct moments when my mind was made up. The first was during a languid time spent walking along Manly beach in Sydney, looking down at my feet as the warm water rolled in and sucked...

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Teacher Education Should Not Be Compromised

I can’t help but feel worried about teacher education. You know, university courses for learning our craft. Today I ran into some unfortunate stories of the experiences our aspiring teachers might...

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I’m Leaving The Classroom – A New Chapter Begins

On the first day of this term, all the way back in early January, I handed my notice in. Next week, the final 4 days of term, will be my last at my current school and my last as a permanent classroom...

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Why I turned my back on teaching

It has now been 6 months since I left the classroom as a Year 5/6 teacher and turned away from my role as Deputy Headteacher which I had only started a year before. I have never really spent time...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Set Your Compass: Share Your Direction

All too often we don’t co-construct our curriculum with the children in our class. What occurs is a complete lack of clarity about where, as a group of learners, we are heading. In fact the direction...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A new chapter down under

There were two distinct moments when my mind was made up. The first was during a languid time spent walking along Manly beach in Sydney, looking down at my feet as the warm water rolled in and sucked...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Teacher Education Should Not Be Compromised

I can’t help but feel worried about teacher education. You know, university courses for learning our craft. Today I ran into some unfortunate stories of the experiences our aspiring teachers might...

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