Horror Ball ’12
Another fantastic event, of course, the student performances and costumes were also a real highlight.
Parents (and carers) booking system upgrade
The release of the online booking system has simplified the actual process of securing the appointments here at College. This week we picked up a handle of new features too. There is a new extract SIMS Extract Tool so that …
Talking about teaching
I meet with curriculum leaders at The Wellington Academy for the first official time this Wednesday and I am considering how that conversation will be formed, directed and developed. In my mind, it will be two parts listening, two parts …
Education heavyweights
If you are going to have someone ask Pasi Sahlberg questions about education, there are few more qualified than John Hattie. Hattie: What’s it like to be in the top five education league tables? Pasi Sahlberg: ….. it’s windy, it’s …
A jar of golf balls and two cups of coffee
Paul Benson dropped me a very kind tweet and email to say thank you for the CI Writing page. The Challenge and Inspire page is collection of stories, an odd mix of coaching, philosophy and life fables I have bumped into …
Catalytics three to watch
Catalytics, real time response systems. Not marking and feeding back. Teaching and responding in the now. Understoodit provides live students feedback via a connected device to tell their teachers when they are confused and when they understand a lesson. Teachers …
Google Cultural Institute – amazing history
The Google Cultural Institute helps preserve and promote culture online. If you are a historian or a citizenship teacher, you can not afford to miss this mesmeric resource. Simply stunning. I showed our newly appointed history teacher the resource briefly …
Felix Baumgartner
Our Director of Progress gave a strong performance to an unsettled upper school audience this week, using the story of Felix Baumgartner to underline the importance of purpose and self direction. This evening, whilst listening to the television, I worked-up …