On my first geography field work residential. Pondering on whether it’s a fact that it always, always, always rains on a geog trip, until it’s time to be indoors. And not a slight drizzle, but big fat soaking rain, that attacks from all directions!

A question I’ve been asking colleagues today: “what have you planned this week that is for you, not school, not the family, just something that’s all for you?”
What’s your answer?

Help needed! I’ve a tiny class of 2 for A Level History- both capable of an A* but they are both introverts who detest sharing views or challenges to their ideas & no chance of challenging each other. Any ideas for ways of expanding their thinking up to the A* without class debate or discussions?

So occasionally I choose to have what I like to call sofa picnic for dinner. It generally is made up of various deli meats and cheese, crackers and on occasion a fancy chutney. Often it is an Aldi purchase but if I’m splashing out it might be M&S selection.

Last September ISI switched to pass or fail judgement. The report is broken into areas but the judgement is just pass or fail. Thankfully we passed and the report was fair. But they had a totally new framework! Not let’s remove the words but expect the same.
What is a pass? Will more schools fail?

Khan Academy - maybe you’ve not looked at it since lockdown…
But it has now opened its AI toolkit Khanmigo for free to all teachers in UK. Just need Khan Academy a/c. The Quiz tool is definitely one I’ll be making use of!
Do you use AI in your school?
Or does your school actively discourage it?

You ‘recycle’ all the boxes, I’ll sit in a carrier bag instead!

“We’ve found compelling evidence that non-cognitive skills – such as grit, perseverance, academic interest, and value attributed to learning – are not only significant predictors of success but that their influence grows stronger over time.”

neurosciencenews.com/non-cognitiv...

I’m at that stage of the summer break where all the things I’d planned to do are still to be done 🤪
After 20yrs in teaching you’d think I’d have realised that the holidays go faster than any school week