Basic in 2012, I invested a lot of time researching forecasting pupil performance. Specifically CATs and FFT. In 2015, as part of our Improvement Strategy we wanted to feedback to Heads of Department on their prediction accuracy – on a …
I have been a supporter and fan of Triptico for many years now. Every now and again, I am reminded of Triptico’s versatility. Setting up Olly’s (Year 4) home learning this morning was another one of those times. Writing a …
The first week of home learning as a parent (11, 9, and 5) and teaching, setting working for Year 8 (Romeo and Juliet) and Year 9 (Othello) classes via ShowMyHomework with signposted resource curated via Wakelet (Romeo and Juliet and …
We tried setting up Fortnite Duos in French. Changing the language to French and “Match Making Region” to Europe. That was easy enough. First Harry checked-in on a solo game, just to get his bearings and cross reference terms instructions. …
Revisiting VR & AR has been on my to do list for a little while. I wanted to take students The Globe Theatre and found so drone footage. I was hoping there might be a visit available? Book on Android …
Our three home-schoolers were eagerly waiting for #PEWithJoe at 8:50am this morning, along with 180,000 others. That number shot up to 614,000, reaching a global audience from what we heard from Joe’s shout-outs. Smart move #PEWithJoe. That increased to 950,000 …
Promoting positivity on social media, a number of posts, memes, broadcasts trickle past on my timeline. Here is one such post worth sharing on teamwork with practical reflections. Teamwork A teacher brought balloons to school and asked the children to …
As for this unprecedented week – what did I learn? Unprecedented I was reminded of the admiration I have for the professionalism of educationalists, support staff and governors. I recognise how determined school leaders have been, working top and tail …
