Last week on Saturday morning I found myself at the helm of yet another free teachers-for-teachers mini-conference held at the University of Hull – called #PedagooHull17. It felt very special. Yet again, about 50 teachers left their homes on a Saturday morning to learn from others’ expertise, share practice and … Read the rest
Yesterday late at night I came back from ResearchEd English and Literacy conference in Swindon. Primarily, I was one of the speakers – speaking, of course, on EAL (details below), but I was equally as keen to simply attend ResearchEd as it promotes this one thing that, shockingly, is missing … Read the rest
Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Ideas in Education, who produce podcasts on education in the UK for iTunes. Ideas in Education iTunes pages are here – follow this link).
The interview with myself, entitled “The Growing Demand for EAL” is now available to download … Read the rest
On the 27th of April, my school, Newland School for Girls, held its first ever EAL TeachMeet. The vast majority of the organization was done by myself, so it was a rather exciting experience! I’d never known, before I took this on, how much organization such one event … Read the rest
NALDIC’s 8th Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Interest Group (RIG) meeting took place at Newland School for Girls in Hull, on the 26th of February 2015. I was very proud to be hosting it at my school – didn’t take that much to make the arrangements on my side; it … Read the rest
I am writing this – at least starting to write – at the very end of my holiday in Scotland. Rather well deserved one, if you ask me! In the last week, I met up with friends in St Andrews, Cupar, and also went to Glenrothes, whilst staying with my … Read the rest
On the 21st of March 2015, I attended TLAB15 in Berkhamsted! In order to get there, I travelled on the previous day from Hull to Dunstable – had to go through London for it – staying over with a friend, so I could more comfortably get there on the Saturday … Read the rest
MARK ANDERSON @ICTEvangelist – MAKE IT COUNT
Mark is known as @ICTEvangelist – and trains teachers a lot across the country in how to successfully – whilst sustaining your sanity – use IT in your classroom. He always says it has to be practical and not require us to reinvent … Read the rest
On the 1st April, two days ago, I made a journey from Hull to London to Quintin Kynaston Community Academy (QKCA) for the #TMLondon TeachMeet – I delivered a presentation on Critical Literacy at the event. This event was organized by Twitter’s @TeacherToolkit – Ross McGill, who is a deputy … Read the rest
On the 17th of January, I travelled to Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire, where a TeachMeet – named “EngMeet” – took place in the morning – on Saturday at the Princes Risborough School. The school is beautifully located on the top of a small hill with lovely views over the Chilterns. … Read the rest