The ethics of zero hours
One of the best things about teaching and studying the Business Ethics topic in A Level Religious Studies is that there are a number of...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 24, 20214 min read
Why take Religious Studies at A level?
Students are beginning to enrol at sixth forms and colleges. In larger sixth form settings, one option is Religious Studies but why would...
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Chris Eyre
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Freelancing - the story so far
Just over 4 months ago I announced my news that I would be leaving full time teaching to prioritise my self-employed work as an examiner,...
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Chris Eyre
Jul 7, 20213 min read
On being led - the art of following
The shelves are full of books on leadership; yet there are next to no books on following; there is no follower-ship section. As much as...
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Chris Eyre
Apr 4, 20213 min read
The Case of the Missing Body
'He is risen' is the familiar greeting amongst Christians at Easter. The belief that Jesus died and came back to life is central to...
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Chris Eyre
Mar 21, 20213 min read
I have some news...
I have some news. After almost 25 years in full time teaching, I am about to make a big change. I will be stepping down as head of...
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Chris Eyre
Mar 10, 20213 min read
Kairos - times and seasons
I’ve been thinking a lot about time. Whilst doing my New Testament Greek I learned that there were two Greek words for time, Chronos and...
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Chris Eyre
Jan 24, 20213 min read
#50isplenty
Recent news stories of 60 hour weeks, Debra Kidd’s honest reflections on her experience and the subsequent debate on Twitter have led me...
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Chris Eyre
Jan 17, 20214 min read
2020-2021 - Late New Year Reflections
I almost didn’t write a review post this year but prompted my @MartynReah and #teacher5aday I think it is important to pause and notice...
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Chris Eyre
Jan 12, 20215 min read
Remote Learning - managing and meeting expectations
We have entered another period of remote learning. We are better prepared for this one even though we had even less notice than the first...
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Chris Eyre
Jan 10, 20215 min read
On cancelled exams and fixing the roof
5 years ago our summer holiday was made more exciting by the sudden appearance of dripping water through the flat roof above our bedroom....
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Chris Eyre
Dec 6, 20203 min read
Choose your hard - GCSE, A level and Mo Farah
I’m not a massive fan of ‘I’m a celebrity’ but I do have a lot of respect for Mo Farah. From arriving in England from war torn Somalia...
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Chris Eyre
Dec 6, 20203 min read
My Kingdom is not of this world
‘My kingdom is not of this world’ said Jesus. Jesus was not interested in political power. Whether all his followers at the time...
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Chris Eyre
Nov 5, 20204 min read
My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge
'My People are destroyed from lack of knowledge.' (Hosea 4:6) I know that Facebook has not banned the Lord's Prayer, and that schools...
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Chris Eyre
Nov 1, 20204 min read
‘Seconds out, Round 2’ A wellbeing update
Sunday before the second half term. If the academic year was a fight round one ended a week ago and we look ahead knowing that rounds two...
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Chris Eyre
Sep 27, 20204 min read
Lessons from my Father
Like many people our age we have been juggling between the generations raising teenage children and dealing with an elderly parent at the...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 17, 20204 min read
2020 - an examiner’s view from the sidelines
It is difficult to know where to start with the fall out from A level results and presumably a similar impending car crash course at...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 14, 20204 min read
What are you reading?
I first wrote this in 2015 when I found myself reflecting on some of the non-fiction books I have read. Although I have read some books...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 11, 20203 min read
Teacherbot
“To err is human but to make a real mess of things you need a computer.” (Anon) The Headteacher looked back at the school buildings one...
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Chris Eyre
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...
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