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#ukedchat
If someone had told me this time last year that I’d be spending time in the hols ‘talking shop’ with a group of strangers via a micro-blogging site more frequently associated with celebrity gossip, I’d...
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Too Old for Musical Chairs?
During the #ukedchat session on Thursday 19th August (subject: Classroom Management Tips) someone mentioned using music as a ‘settler’ when pupils enter the classroom. The way it works is that a song...
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Wackoidal: the new education buzz word?
On the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, Michael Gove was invited to discuss the twenty-four free schools opening this month. The free schools are a Conservative invention: centrally funded, outside of local...
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New Year Resolutions Update #1: Phoning Home
Yesterday I made four phone calls home to the parents of pupils who had made positive starts to their English lessons. It was an absolute joy to speak to their parents and share a good news story. All...
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Twitter for Teachers
This feels almost like a 12-step confessional: my name is Clare, I’m a teacher and I’m addicted to Twitter. Well, addicted isn’t exactly true, but I do use Twitter increasingly to aid my professional...
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#ukedchat – a year or so on and I’m still a fan!
I blogged in August 2010 about the weekly #ukedchat discussions that happen every Thursday on Twitter between 8 – 9pm. http://dailydenouement.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/ukedchat/ A year on and I’m more...
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#TLAB13: Teaching, Learning & Assessment Conference, Berkhamsted School
4am on a Saturday morning & my alarm is going off. What would get me up at this unearthly time? Why, the inaugural Teaching, Learning & Assessment Conference at Berkhamsted School of course!...
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Alastair Smith at #TLAB13: Beware the Ofsted Whisperers
Alastair Smith opened the inaugural #TLAB13 with his keynote speech entitled: 50,000 chunks: how we become ‘experts’ and what it might mean for our conference today. I’ve posted a link to the...
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SSAT National English Conference
SSAT English Conference – Friday 7th February, 2014 at Hilton Kensington Olympia. The 5:27am train from Liverpool to London Euston is a strange beast. It doesn’t really get full until it hits the...
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