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Transformers…
Image from gcouros on Flickr This really struck a chord with me – I am definitely a glass half full type of person. I know that there have been times when I’ve stayed out of the staffroom, or have...
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Friday thought 1
A new mini series starting today of ‘thoughts’. This is increasingly what I aim for in my lessons – for pupils to discover for themselves, and to accept that there isn’t always an easy answer, that I...
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Friday thought 2
I was shocked the first time I son talked about ‘stealing’ a friend’s idea. ‘but my teacher told me to do it!’ was his response to the look on my face. Gone are the days when my planning was mine...
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Friday thought 3
I think that’s fairly self explanatory! for more reasons, have a look at Why study languages? and Why languages? Image from acjeppo
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Friday thought 7
Image from Flickr By mikefisher821 Some rights reserved I sometimes look back to when I first began teaching and can’t believe some of the things I recall. Like handwritten worksheets made on a banda...
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On Saturday I attended the Purpos/ed Summit for Instigators in Sheffield, meeting with others to debate the purpose of education and discuss how we might ‘kickstart’ a wider debate on the subject. Part...
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Twitter thoughts – the results
Last weekend I created a survey using SurveyMonkey entitled Twitter thoughts with the aim of ascertaining a range of views on Twitter. I publicised the survey on Twitter and Facebook and asked others...
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“En el roscón de reyes puedes encontrar la figurita y el haba. La buena y la mala suerte. Teresa Tomás, de 104 años, nos enseña que en la vida también sucede igual. ¿Quieres saber lo que piensa?” This...
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Cooking on gas – #ililc5
Thanks for the drawing, @catairf :) I was rather gobsmacked when Zena asked me to do the closing keynote at #ililc5. An offer I couldn’t refuse but daunting nonetheless. Especially as there was no...
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