Aged 11 and already great Mathematicians
My last post, back in April, was almost prophetic. I knew my students would do well in their SATs exams simply because they were good...
SATS vs Good Mathematicians
With one week now until the SATs exams I want to use this opportunity to praise the young people I teach at Rushey Green Primary School....
Isolation rooms
Damaged children need people, not punishment. Ever heard of 'Isolation Rooms' in schools? It's not from the Victorian ages I assure you....
The Chinese Way?
China seems to be in the news an awful lot at the moment. It was with great interest that I recently watched the BBC documentary 'Are our...
Happy Pi Day
I received a text today from a colleague. It came a few minutes late, but made me smile none the less: March 14th, 2015 -9:26:53 will be...
The World's Hardest Job?
William Glasser, a world-famous psychiatrist, once said: 'Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.' I tend to agree; not...
Excellence
One of the school's I worked at in Jamaica recently entered a National singing competition. I watched a video of them rehearsing and it...
Hot Housing
A while back, I stepped into a greenhouse. It was warm and humid. Not that comfortable for me, but perfect for the plants that made it...
Slow learners...
....are good learners. It is often the perception that students who are slow about their work are struggling and weak. I've taken time...
Do your Homework
"If you see how he prepared us, and how he predicted the game would go, and you see how it went - unbelievable," These were the words by...