Thought For The Day: Am I Not Here If You Can’t See Me?
I don’t begin to understand how artists are able to visualise and create 3D images in city settings. This image took my breath away. As Sarah Morgan explains: ‘This visual representation … Continue reading
Designing Learning Units
Perhaps the Covid-19 crisis has had you devoting more time to lesson and unit design recently. If you are unlucky, you will have concentrated purely on knowledge transmission which tends … Continue reading
Look Behind the Behaviour to the Cause
You can download this poster created by WholeHearted School Counseling here: Behind Anger: Free Social Emotional Learning Poster | Teachers Pay Teachers
Distance Learning FAQ: Solving Teachers’ and Students’ Common Problems | Edutopia
Lessons learned from problems during remote learning can help inform teaching and learning this fall. Read the full article here: Distance Learning FAQ: Solving Teachers’ and Students’ Common Problems | … Continue reading
Coronavirus: What can the ‘plague village’ of Eyam teach us?
Can the English “plague village” of Eyam, which quarantined itself for more than a year, offer us lessons on how to fight back? Can 21st Century science learn anything from … Continue reading
Characteristics of Sound Leadership from Ross Morrison McGill
Ross Morrison McGill can usually be relied upon to hit the hammer on the head when it comes to teaching and this diagram from 2016 just about covers the key … Continue reading
The Science Behind Brain Breaks | Edutopia
Research shows that breaks can provide more than rest. Use them to boost creativity, cognitive function, and social skills. Read more here: The Science Behind Brain Breaks | Edutopia … Continue reading
Learning and Schools post Covid-19 Paper for Global Citizenship Foundation
I recently had an invitation to contribute to a webinar organised by the Global Citizenship Foundation on the subject of the shape of education post-Covid-19. Here is the paper generated: … Continue reading
Five Leader Behaviors That Show Respect for Every Individual | Catalysis
The Shingo principle respect every individual is foundational to creating a culture of continuous improvement and striving for organizational excellence. Read more here: Five Leader Behaviors That Show Respect for … Continue reading
Respect: What is it, types, examples, learn and teach respect
A useful guide to RESPECT: what is it, why it’s important, its types and different examples, plus tips on how to teach respect. It is essential to feel safe, to … Continue reading
The Basis of Common Humanity
If you need a basis on which to live your life, this is it. Religions express it in a number of forms, which all boil down to this. If you … Continue reading
STEM Activities to do at home during lockdown | BostonTechMom
This seems like an interesting US site which outlines a massive range of STEM-related activities which can be completed at home during the lockdown. Thanks to Cyndi Reitmeyer for compiling … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: Mental Health in the Pandemic
Stay safe, stay well and keep in contact with your friends to give each other mutual support. We will get through this, and together is the best way.
52 Character Building Thoughts for Children | KellyBear.com
The wisdom of Leah Davies has been shared on The Learning Renaissance before. Here, reproduced from her Kelly Bear site, is a list of thoughts and inspirational quotes for children … Continue reading
Global Citizenship Foundation
I was very pleased to have been invited to join the panel on Education Beyond Covid-19 organised by the Global Citizenship Foundation. It was quite difficult maintaining a train of … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: Speaking Up!
It is a worrying sign of our times that these words can be applied to so many issues currently. One thing is for sure, democracy does not work well when, … Continue reading
Moving the Focus from Teaching to Learning…
Having taken part in a webinar this past weekend about education post-Covid19, I was pleased to see one of the themes of the conference, pupil agency and autonomy reflected in … Continue reading
Beyond Covid 19: Education in the Time of Corona, June 6th 2020
I’m honoured to be part of this panel of distinguished educators on the Online Educational Leadership Forum for a discussion about education beyond the virus. The COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented … Continue reading
Enhancing Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence
Thanks to Hannah Simnett of Cherished for sharing this post. Source: @TutorDocTucson
Thought For The Day: An excellent test to live your life, and your teaching career, by…
Getting Ready to Teach in K-12 Schools Next Year | Edutopia
There’s a lot of uncertainty about the 2020–21 school year, but planning for a mix of remote and in-person instruction will help educators be ready. As we move beyond crisis management … Continue reading
If We Want Bookworms, We Need to Get Beyond Leveled Reading | Edutopia
When it comes to nurturing kids’ love of reading, research suggests variety, choice—and encouragement to stretch—can make a difference. Matching kids with “just right” books—texts they can read comfortably—has been … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: Reading is Allowed
A fundamental of literacy, oracy, self-confidence and critical thinking.
Online Panel Discussion on Learning post-Covid-19, June 6 2020
When several events at which I have been due to speak this year have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was particularly pleasing to receive an invitation to … Continue reading
BBC Bitesize Primary Parents’ Survival Guide | 5 tips for handling back-to-school anxiety
Not everyone feels the same way about sending their kids back to primary school. With Reception and Years 1 and 6 mooted to return to school across much of the … Continue reading
Nordic Schools and the Nordic Teaching Model
I was delighted to have been invited to join the Nordic Schools network. I’ve leaned heavily on the Scandinavian experience of educational development. I think their experiences are instructive because … Continue reading
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