Some reading…
Like the good old days of ‘edu-blogging’ Lisa Nielsen has compiled 20 great blogs to read. Go add them to your good old fashioned rss reader and enjoy!
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Digital Leaders Update
This post is a bit of a diary / mind-empty on my progress so far in launching a Digital Leaders programme in our school. Poster As per my previous post, Kristian Still asked me to become involved in developing the Digital Leaders idea into my school and others in collaboration with Vital.
Assessing Without Levels – Milestones
Assessing without levels – Milestones At our school we took the decision last Summer to embrace the opportunities available to move away from National Curriculum levels. Our approach isn’t revolutionary, but I think it’s worth sharing. Background I personally felt that there were numerous issues with the old NC levels. They were not as well…
Ban Calculators?
Ban Calculators? Just catching up on last week’s reading and found the Conservative’s latest idea from the NC Review. Banning calculators in early years of Primary school. As someone planning a one device per child school you’d think I’d be up in arms. But I teach maths. And most pupils arrive at our school aged…
Oh No Mr Gove!
And just like that, world order is restored. I felt a little uncomfortable praising Mr Gove for his radical move to remove the ICT Programme of Study. But all is back in balance now. As MSN reports: “The Education Secretary has called for longer school days and suggested that teachers should also be happy with…
Web Literacy
During our first 2 weeks blogging in school, the first thing that has dawned on me is that I could possibly be a bit of an internet geek, and that despite their capabilities with ICT, our students, and indeed colleagues, aren’t quite as clued up about the web as some of us. In fact, that’s…
Can an Ofsted inspection be a positive school improvement experience?
A positive Ofsted school improvement experience — credit where it’s due 4 min read There have been enough Ofsted scare stories to last a lifetime, and the perverse effect they can have on schools are well known. But sometimes credit should be given where it’s due, so here is a tale of a supportive and constructive Ofsted visit…