This COVID has certainly put a spanner in a few works; one such spanner being year 6 open evenings at secondary schools.  A parent of a year...

Another bit of fun from me over on the TES site:  https://www.tes.com/news/five-songs-get-your-after-sats-party-started

In what must be the article with the shortest shelf life that I've ever written I've made some tongue-in-cheek predictions for th...

In my first blog post in this series I explored the difference between reading comprehension strategies and reading skills. I noted that ...

To my brilliant year six teachers, Thank you and well done for all your incredibly hard work this year. I could not have asked for mor...

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/primary-and-secondary-teachers-need-each-other-and-we-need-start Transition time is ...

The latest in my series of blog posts for Third Space Learning focuses on SATs week itself. The focus is on teacher and pupil wellbeing a...

You might question whether or not I'm a legitimate 'wellbeing expert' but regardless of that I hope you find enough helpful ...

If you're a Year 6 teacher this Easter, you definitely don't need me to wax lyrical about the pressure you're feeling right ...

I'm not a stranger to SATs result day nightmares ( read about it here ), and if it wasn't for my past experiences I dare say toda...

 I do solemnly declare that I, your year 6 teacher, shall not pressurise you, my year 6 pupils, during the run up to the SATs. From this ...

Year 2 and 6 teachers - today we all became victims of 'Yo-Yo Pricing'. The biggest education news in the last 24 hours is of cou...