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Meet Cyril the Squirrel! – Guest Blog

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Vicki has been a teacher for 33 years and takes a friend to school with her. Every now and then she will send us a video of her furry friend in the classroom with her, so we decided to ask her about how Cyril helps her in the classroom. I have used Cyril the squirrel...

A Day in the Life of an ECT: Start at the beginning

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Tiegan started her first teaching job this September after completing a B’Ed at University of Derby. I had the privilege of being her 2nd year mentor and am very proud of her burgeoning career.  She has agreed to share her experience of her first year. Read on...

Setting up eye-catching learning spaces: Guest Blog

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“Education is the art of assisting discovery.”  — Mark Van Doren     I believe the classroom environment is like a “silent teacher.” When it’s thoughtfully set up, it sparks curiosity, encourages independence and makes children feel excited about...

Sticks and Stones…

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“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”… mmm… don’t think so!   Something happened to change a wide-eyed, confident, fun-loving girl with pigtails into a self-doubting, anxious teenager whose most dreaded...

Giving children and ourselves a clean slate!

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Any teacher will identify with the first day in a new class and those pristine exercise books where the first page lay pure and inviting, asking to be used, knowledge, freedom of speech or creativity soon to be etched on its pages. I’m still a sucker for a new...

Let’s Go Fly a Kite! Finding joy in playing – screen free!

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“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.”                                                   Aldous Huxley.   What space do we leave in our adult lives for chances to feel true, unadulterated...