Free communication and active listening skills posters made with @canva
I am revamping the year seven PSHE day on communication skills and made these posters using Canva. For those of you who don’t know, @canva is a fabulous design website, which I would highly recommend...
View ArticlePeer Publishing in PSHE with Google Forms and iBook
This month I ran a year nine PSHE session on Growth Mindset and learning mentality. At the end of the each workshop I asked the children to contribute their learning tip via a Google Form so that...
View ArticleCan We Help Children Manage Their Online Lives? Post for @HuffPostUK
I am sure that many parents read the survey by CBBC Newsround on children’s use of social media. The survey was carried out to mark Safer Internet Day, which is a global event which encourages children...
View Article#TMSoton16
#TMSoton was actually at the end of last term, but I think it is healthy to give yourself a bit of time to reflect on how well it went. So, post-holidays I would like to say a massive thank you to...
View Article#nexttermiwill
I don’t remember where I saw this # first – so if it is your brilliant idea, feel free to tell me and I will assign credit! Sorry, I thought an acrostic was more fun than a list…. Negotiate revision...
View ArticleEmpowering parents to help their children make good choices when using social...
Today I am running parent workshops to help empower parents to help their children make good choices when using social media. Rather than just banning social media (which I think is unrealistic) the...
View Article#TEDxNorwichED My talk and some lessons that I learnt
I was *so excited* to be one of the presenters at #TEDxNorwichEd. Look at my excited face at the start of the day: Ok. So I was nervous too, but mostly excited. It was such an honour and privilege to...
View ArticleHow to help parents to support their child’s learning
Last week I gave two evening presentations to parents on how to support their child’s learning. It was part of a wider PSHE evening about living with a teenager. I was very keen the focus on how to...
View ArticleAn Edu-adventure @paultonspark with @paultonseducate
Like many teachers and parents I had always thought of Paulton’s Park as a day out for the family rather than an opportunity for a school trip. With half term on the horizon I arranged to visit the...
View ArticleStarting to write again and getting better
About two years ago I started to feel poorly all the time. At first I thought I was being a hypochondriac, and tried (in traditional teacher fashion) to power through it. Migraines, stomach upsets,...
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