Moving towards new and innovative futures We have just launched our new website. There is a general feeling of spring in the air and a sincere hope that all of us who work in the education profession can start to move towards new and innovative futures. Our new look website reflects our own changing approach…
How Green is Your Curriculum? A curriculum for the future must include a serious focus on the current global crisis that continues to dominate our lives. The evidence that climate change is a real and ever-present phenomena cannot be ignored. The people that will be the most affected are those we currently teach in our…
What is the Substance of Education? Substance conjures up something of a high quality, solid and tangible, strong and dependable. The substance of education, according to a speech in 2021 by Amanda Spielman of OFSTED is essentially the curriculum and how well it is designed and delivered to ensure that all learners can achieve their…
Listen to this newspost as a podcast Coaching and the pastoral process has a symbiosis that should not be ignored. Coaching is about allowing individuals to find solutions, reflect on their own behaviours and have resilience when faced with difficulties. Delivering the pastoral system requires a range of skills that will nurture learners and allow…
Now is the time to build a culture of positivity and reflection Happy new year to all the wonderful school leaders, middle leaders, teachers and support staff who have supported their learners, each other and the wider community through the last few very turbulent months. Every educator has had to think differently about how they…
The phrase ‘deep dive’ is the latest new terminology to come out of OFSTED’s focus on the curriculum and how it is planned and delivered. I can’t help it, every time I hear the phrase it conjures up for me an image of an OFSTED inspector, in a rubber swimming hat, goggles and baggy trunks…
Skills versus knowledge? There is a clear form To write haiku poetry That I need to know ——- Two fives and a seven Syllables are key to this Carefully structured ——- To use the form well I must pull the words apart For this I need skills ——– I need to know words To make…