TEACHER IN TRAINING

Reading about the way children learn to count sends me to sleep, to be honest. Maybe it was the book - Gelman and Gallistel are not the...

A great first chapter from this book - 'Mastering Primary RE' by M.James & J.Stern. It really fit with how I feel about RE. My favourite...

Wow. What a way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon? What was good it looking at some different definitions of reflection for my assignment....

My mindmap from Bearne & Reedy (2018) Teaching Primary English This was an interesting chapter to read. It all seems to come down to...

We looked at early maths. Weirdly the EYFS only focuses on numbers. Nothing to do with shapes, measuring, etc. So you would need to look...

Today's lecture was all about our classroom environment. We initially looked at a picture of a classroom from the past and were asked...

I watched the TED talk 'Dream Big' by Neil Hawkes, an ex headteacher of a primary school. It was very inspirational! He discussed...

I read Hayes chapter about the Characters of Effective Teachers. This is just a brief note on it. It was a really accessible read...

I love stories. I have used stories throughout all of my teaching. Even for NCT. Today we looked at the Bible and finding our way around...

Today's session was all about thinking about our own creed. We looked at Dewey's creed from 1897 which was on one hand pretty archaic and...

We started off looking at language and how we need to be very mindful of the words/terms we use in the classroom. I think a lot of them...

Today's session was largely about how we recall information from our long term memory and also how knowing about working memory will help...

Just watched a short TED talk by Carol Dweck about The Power of Believing that you can improve: https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the...

What is reflection? My takeaway from this is mainly about being able to look at some of the definitions and find one that resonates with...

This lecture was all about oracy. This is purposeful talk. It is all about helping children to talk effectively. Oracy is a mash up of...

First lecture of the week. While it was hugely engaging, I now am feeling utterly clueless about my science knowledge. We were focussed...

My first bit of reading for the Master's program. It is 'Approaches to Learning and Teaching' by Sue Cox She begins by pointing out that...

Our first lecture for English. I loved this! After an introduction to the course, we spent the lesson reflecting on our experiences of...

I've never thought of myself as a particularly 'sciencey' person. I didn't hate it at school, but I never had any aspirations of...

After a relaxing morning of getting the small ones up, hanging out the washing, emptying the dishwasher, making 3 packed lunches, taking...