Never felt so guilty

The worst day of my teaching life was when, half an hour after school finished for the day, a mother...

The Same Children

This is not about me and the many mistakes I have made in my 28 years of teaching, that is for another...

Ah ha ha ha, Academised, Academised

Well, you can tell by the way I use my talk,I'm an academy man, no time to balk.Academies are the way...

Now More Than Ever...

I have always tried to be the one who makes sure the staff look after themselves and will often do tasks...

Poetry II

I wrote this post staffrm.io/@beth/mQTdkDmtIz a couple of weeks ago and realised I didn't get back to...

Rediscovering Hidden Treasures

I have recently been using Spotify more. Sometimes I don't actually know what I want to listen to. Luckily,...

Simple Things

Today was a strange one. A couple of times I found myself thinking about something and deciding that...

Caesar Augustus is to Blame

The 29th day of writing is finally here, so am I. Like many others, it hasn't always been easy to either...

29 Good Things

I know it is only the 28th, but tomorrow is a gift of an extra day we only get every 4 years, so here...

When I was younger, so much younger...

Well, here it is, finally, my first blog (revisited)Here, I give my 27 years younger me the following,...

Walk a Mile in their shoes

I am closing my blog so putting a couple of posts I like on here for posterity.(not cheating on #29daysofwriting as...

My Schooldays

Inspired by @stephenconnor7 's post...What were you like at school?I am not a quiet person and I have...

My Favourite Films and What They Say to me about Leadership

Inspired by @davidrogers post yesterday, here are some of my favourite films and what they say to me...

Hypocrisy

I have always been amazed that staff who spend all day every day ensuring that children are courteous,...

Level Achieved

Today I sighed one of the deepest sighs of despair ever in the world of sighs. A 5 year old child with...

Poetry

I still remember some poems I learned when I was young. Most are ones my mum recited to me and I learned...

Writing for a purpose

Something lovely happened yesterday. I had been out for a walk with my dog and we said hello to two of...

No, I do not agree with you, Nicky

My response to:Five things you need to know about changes to primary assessment from the DfE (19.2.2016)I...

Freddie Starr ate my hamster

I only had one pic to put in then press publish. 497 words. It told me it was saved. 300 of them disappeared. From...

What am I?

I am a teacher.(also SEN Co, DHT, Assessment Leader, Computing Leader.... Oh and Acting HT 2 days a week) So...

Naughty Book

5 year old: Miss, isn't it true that if you make the wrong choice, God puts you in his Naughty Book? 

Now, that's magic!

I did a maths related post yesterday and this is a follow up. I took a maths club after school today...

Impact

Isn't it great when you do something and then it takes off, everyone is buzzing about it and the kids...

There's ALWAYS One

It is my first day back after a very quiet and restful half term. I was leading an INSET Day on maths,...