A historic day for teaching unions
On Saturday 5 November I was proud to attend the ATL Special Conference. I even spoke, though I had no intentions of doing so prior to...
Bucket School (Invented by Nikki Bolton)
Bucket school is the innovation of the fabulous Nikki Bolton (Former Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University). This concept has been...
A day on the farm...
As a follow up to the course undertaken at The Cheshire Show, FaCE organised a dairy farm visit for trainees. The upcoming visit was...
The lessons that EYFS has for the 'big ones'...
In the long break between the end of my first year of training and the start of my second I decided to do some agency work as a TA. I...
Farming: inside and outside the classroom
I was very lucky to attend the Royal Cheshire County Show where I attended an accredited Farming and Countryside Education training event....
The difference dedication makes!
Today I attended another exemplar day with Edge Hill University. I was honoured to have the opportunity to spend the morning with...
When teamwork goes wrong...
Most of the reading I have done this year has supported the view that children will learn best when working collaboratively (or...
The black dot of behaviour...
Behaviour management - what does it make you think about? Adults or children? Good or bad? Preventative or reactive? This was the...
Transforming chaos into order...
Today I took part in a workshop exploring the challenges faced by children with autism - or to use the correct terminology, on the...
EAL CPD - ATL Trainee Conference 2016
I found this training very useful. As I had already attended a lecture at Edge Hill University on this topic it was reassuring to hear...
