I mentor student teachers who get observed endlessly in their training and this week, as a teacher, I’ve had two formal observations, one for psychology A level lesson and one for my final yoga assessment. Both went OK. The observations were both carried out by people I like and trust so to that … Read more
You would not believe how much of my coaching this year has been about mobile phones.
The Reality
I’m hearing that people:
I hope your 2019 has started well.
Mine started, in a circle with a bunch of amazing people where we were invited to share what we knew about positive developments and innovations for the future.
One person told us about a 15 year old called Greta Thunberg and another person told us about Earth Strike. … Read more
I am writing to tell you about my son’s transition to secondary school.
You see, he loved primary school, loved learning, got on well and was challenged and engaged and a respected part of the school community.
Which is why it was such a shock to see the change of him … Read more
My son wrote this poem at the end of his first day at secondary school and it so sums up how I feel too….I love it!
School is here, you can tell.
The grudginess from within is brought to our unstable souls as well,
One second you can be at … Read more
You know that feeling, where you wake up and for a split second the world is as it has always been, and then it descends with a weight; the knowledge that something significant has ended and that life will never be the same again.
Have you had that feeling?
I’ve had it before in my … Read more
