Blogs that made me sit up and take notice in 2016 (Part 1)
Ah, its that time of year where every Tom, Dick and Harry starts with their "best of" lists. Well, as someone who likes a read and a good...
Memories are fickle. Lets remember these exceptional people this remembrance day.
As remembrance day approaches, I always think its so important that students (and everyone for that matter) considers individual examples...
Men and Teaching; The perfect match, surely?
The employment gap between men and women at Primary and Secondary level continues to widen. In this blog, I ask why this is happening,...
Fighting against the "brush things under the carpet" brigade; In defence of the TES
But first, a lovely tale.... I arrived at school smiling. My students arrive, after skipping through forests, admiring the daffodils,...
Teaching in Vigo, Part 2
It’s been an interesting first 3 weeks in Vigo. On what was supposed to be my first week in school (granted, for inset days), I fell ill...
Vigo (Part 1)
So, i've arrived in Vigo. First impressions; a lively, gregarious city that feels like a town. I've never been to Spain before, in my...
Lets talk about...Udemy
Udemy is an online course platform which I first joined in the August of 2015. Almost one year to the day, I think now is a good time to...
Lets talk about...our police force
Yesterday’s events at Russel Square reminded me of something I have thought for a while; how fantastic our police officers are and how...
Lets talk about...Me
A little update on new opportunities opening up Back in December last year, I wrote about my exit from teaching in an article known at...
Lets talk about...Everton.
It’s been a tough few years to be a blue. Two eleventh place finishes, a manager with a penchant for using the term “phenomenal” to...
