Foxy is a fox. That’s probably quite self-explanatory. This is what happens when you let a bunch of 5-year-olds name the class mascot. Really, I would have preferred him to be called Vulpine. Or Tod. Anyway, Foxy is off on his travels and I’m searching for classes around the globe (including in the UK) to […]
Sharing GoNoodle With Colleagues
This is a version of the blog post that I originally wrote for the GoNoodle Blog Teachers are superheroes. No matter what pressures or new initiatives are thrown their way, they always give the children in their care the best quality education that they can. Just when you thought that there wasn’t a spare minute in […]
Dear Mrs Morgan… Dear Mr McLoughlin…
Back in April, I was so fed up with the DfE’s constant chops and changes to assessment. Knowing that it wouldn’t really have any particular effect, I wrote to Nicky Morgan to express my feelings and to ask just one question. This is what I wrote: Friday 22nd April 2016 Dear Mrs Morgan, I […]
Using Your Body To Spell
For anyone who follows me on Twitter, this won’t be new information: I absolutely love GoNoodle! GoNoodle is a collection of videos and activities to get kids moving in their classrooms and at home. The kids in my class love it when we have a couple of minutes for some GoNoodling! A couple of months […]
Four Words That Made Me Feel Great
Operation Wedding Suit has begun. I’m determined that by the time my wedding comes around in July, I’ll be able to wear the suit I want in the size I want. Needless to say, I’m not currently the size I want to be at the end of July! So recently, I’ve joined the gym and […]
A Moose Cha Cha! Introducing GoNoodle
What a week this has been! Going back to school after the summer holidays is always a shock to the system and when my alarm goes off at 6am each morning, it still takes me a few moments to remember that I have to go to school! Luckily I have an amazing Year 2 class […]
A Message For Twitter HQ
I joined Twitter back in 2009, when I thought it was stupid and couldn’t see the point in it. Why would someone want to tweet when you had Facebook statuses for telling the world what you were doing? Very soon, however, I discovered that Twitter could play a very powerful role in my professional development […]
ClassDojo Groups – The Best Just Gets Better
The team at ClassDojo is great, isn’t it? (What’s that you say? You don’t know what ClassDojo is? I’ve blogged about it here) If you ever have a question, they’re on it straight away and get back to you as soon as they can. If you request a feature, they take your request very seriously and […]
Shy Bairns Get Nowt / If You Dont Ask, You Don’t Get
In North East England there is a well-known saying: ‘Shy bairns get nowt,’ with ‘bairns’ meaning ‘children’ and ‘nowt’ meaning ‘nothing.’ Roughly translated into another idiom, it means ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get.’ The final cross-curricular project for my class before the summer holidays was about the 1950s. We learned about life back […]
Google Moonshot Summit – July 2015
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead – Cultural Anthropologist Today I received a very exciting email: I’ve been invited to attend the Google Moonshot Summit in Amsterdam next month. This has come very much out […]