This post was written as part of my day job for Community Brands / Assembly: https://assembly.education/monitoring-improving-attendance/. The Attendance Challenge There is no bigger challenge in school leadership in 2022 than monitoring and improving school attendance. Despite the incredible progress in remote learning, we know students achieve best when taught face-to-face by subject specialists. During the…
Ryan Bretag tagged me in the lastest meme doing the round, so here are 7 things you didn’t know about me: I’m a Cumbrian – I grew up in the Lake District, quite near to the infamous Sellafield nuclear power station – but I don’t glow in the dark! I’m an Evertonian – There weren’t…
I have complained bitterly all year about the speed of our Internet connection at school, it hampers learning day after day and shows no sign of improvement. I thought it was just me being difficult until a Capita support technician’s comment on the phone last week as an update failed and crippled our SIMS FMS…
I’ve been interested by the possibilities of Mozilla’s Open Badges project over the past week or so. Doug Belshaw brought it to my attention and I’ve been engaged with him and a group of educators discussing the possible uses of the badges in schools over at the ‘Peer to Peer University P2PU. Open Badges in a nutshell:…
“It was a gift to us,” she said. “And for him to be so confident and unafraid of death and to share it with other people was so touching.” Ben Breedlove’s Mum. Ben passed away shortly after making these videos. Is this classed as educational? Why are we still discussing filtering YouTube? An amazing resource.
I’m 45, √2025=45, time for a 2025 square based running challenge! I’ve ordered a custom OS Map centred on my village. 20km² = 400 map squares to visit. I’m going to attempt to visit them all. On foot. From my front door. Inspiration via @MElcoate. I’m planning on taking a photo (square of course) in…
