The Thinking School: Linking Culture, Quality, Systems and Teams for Better Learning
I’ve been realigning my portfolio for schools and have the following elements of support available for all. 1. Learning Renaissance Educational Professional Development Insights To gain an international perspective on … Continue reading
Welcome to the Learning Renaissance: Exploring Effective Learning in the 21st century
Welcome to the Learning Renaissance Blog! My name is David Hughes and I am an educator and writer from the United Kingdom. I always said I wouldn’t write a blog … Continue reading
A Different View of the Purpose of Learning: New Zealand – Wellbeing as a Curriculum Foundation
Too often questions about the purpose and direction of learning are confounded by existing building blocks. The most resistant to change being the curriculum content that constrains the scope for … Continue reading
Young People’s Trust For the Environment | Teachers Resources
The Young People’s Trust for the Environment is a charity that aims to encourage young people’s understanding of the environment and the need for sustainability. They have many resources for … Continue reading
How Games Can Have a Powerful Impact on Learning in School | Edutopia
A conversation between the writers of two new books on using games across the curriculum to promote social and emotional learning and civics skills. Read it here: How Games Can Have a Powerful Impact … Continue reading
The One Learning Rule I Never Break | by Thomas Oppong | Medium
Successful lifelong learners learn from the experiences of brilliant minds — it’s a powerful way to become less wrong over time. A better approach to upgrade or improve what you … Continue reading
Monitoring your wellbeing…and that of your team and pupils
I found this a very useful infographic to monitor your personal wellbeing and to apply to those in your team or care… we’ve all been through these stages so look … Continue reading
Building Climate Literacy With Community Science Projects | Edutopia
Digital tools allow students to monitor changes in our environment over time and see the impact of climate change first hand. As educators, we can make a difference by teaching … Continue reading
6 Tips for Setting Up Virtual Professional Learning Sessions for Teachers | Edutopia
Virtual gatherings for professional learning are convenient and likely to continue, but they should be designed differently than in-person gatherings. Virtual gatherings are likely here to stay. We will have … Continue reading
The 15 Best Teaching Podcasts For Teachers
Teaching podcasts are a great way to learn about classroom best practice and what’s happening in UK education while you’re on the move or even marking. Source: The 15 Best … Continue reading
Summer Interventions for Student Re-engagement and Dropout Prevention | Edutopia
Schools can work to inspire confidence in students who have fallen behind by offering consistent support, starting in the summer. Fundamentally, students want and need to feel connected and cared … Continue reading
Recognizing When It’s Time for a Change | Edutopia
From switching schools to pursuing new opportunities in the district, teachers can make changes to address their burnout, writes a teacher career coach. When I start meeting with teachers, they … Continue reading
It’s the Way You Say It…
What you give will determine what you get… think about how you phrase things as it will determine the engagement of students… Further reading: Positive Language in the Classroom | … Continue reading
The Deviously Difficult Dead Words Quiz | BBC Bitesize
Rediscovering dead words tells us a lot about our past, both in terms of social and cultural history, but also the history of the language itself. Can you guess the … Continue reading
4 Ways to Take a Real Break This Summer | Edutopia
Some teachers turn downtime into a professional learning opportunity, but unplugging from work has a lot of value. Find out more here: 4 Ways to Take a Real Break This … Continue reading
Mobile phone ban plan to improve school behaviour | BBC News
Mobile phone bans and other ways to create “calm classrooms” are to be considered to help improve discipline in England’s schools. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said he wants to make … Continue reading
The Mistake-Friendly Classroom | Edutopia
Learning from mistakes is crucial for growth. Here are a few ways teachers can prepare to take advantage of them. The key, though, is not stigmatizing mistakes—or the students who … Continue reading
Look Beyond the Behaviour to the Cause…
Using my friend Kevin Hewitson’s metaphor of ‘If you can’t reach them, you can’t teach them, I would suggest all teachers think again about what lies beyond challenging behaviour. Thank … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: Surround Yourself with Positive People
Source: Project Happiness on Facebook
Class Reflection Activities to Close Out a Tough Year | Edutopia
After a challenging year of pandemic schooling, these activities help students reflect on what they’ve learned and look forward to what’s coming next. Read the article here: Class Reflection Activities … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: A Timely Reminder
As this difficult academic year rolls to an end…
Assessment: What is it Good For?
I found this outline of an assessment protocol quite interesting and thought it could help in moving the curriculum in more engaging directions in developing more autonomous and independent learners… … Continue reading
Self-harm warning signs can appear decade earlier | BBC Health
Early warning signs of self-harm can appear in children almost a decade before it starts, say researchers. The team at the University of Cambridge found two distinct groups that were … Continue reading
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