Teaching and Learning

Aug 11, 20203 min read

An incredibly brief guide to Socrative

One of my favourite tools to check learning is Socrative. I prefer it to Kahoot as it takes out the speed element of Kahoot which causes...

Aug 11, 20203 min read

A brief guide to marking and feedback

As teachers marking work and providing feedback our aim is to ensure 2 things That we deliver good and useful feedback that helps...

Aug 1, 20204 min read

Top Ten Interviews

I am not in the current ‘teacher transfer window’ ahead of the May deadline but I have had a lot of interviews over the years – good, bad...

May 22, 20206 min read

Remote Learning - the first 7 weeks

If you’re reading this in 2025 - you may remember that for most of 2020 there was a coronavirus pandemic and schools closed. Many...

May 4, 20203 min read

WFH - week 1 thoughts

We have had a week of working from home getting to grips with teaching our students remotely. Some parts of the job have remained the...