Why I Love Working In The EYFS December 13, 2023 Why I Love Working In The EYFS The most common remark I get when I tell people that I am a Reception teacher is “I don’t know how you do it”; but the reality is, I can’t imagine how I would do anything else! After years of moving t... Exploring Online Safely February 3, 2022 Exploring Online Safely My roles as a Year 5 teacher and leader of Computing, as well as being the parent of two children, ages 11 and 15, has led me to think quite a lot about Online-Safety. Digital media provides opportuni... From The Governors: Looking Back - A Year of COVID-19 March 18, 2021 From The Governors: Looking Back - A Year of COVID-19 It’s now almost exactly a year to the day since the Government announced that schools were to close due to Coronavirus, so it seems timely to reflect on the year it’s been from inside the Gov... It’s not goodbye, but see you later March 23, 2020 It’s not goodbye, but see you later It’s not goodbye, but see you later. As the government announces school closures, school communities across the country will no doubt be in shock and feeling anxious about what these closures mean for... Helsinki is not just a place - it’s a state of mind January 22, 2020 Helsinki is not just a place - it’s a state of mind I’d like you to imagine a scene for me. It is a scene from the distant past (the 1980s) and it involves a family at dinner. Children are sat across from their parents at the dining table and a genial ... Boys vs Girls September 10, 2019 Boys vs Girls Recently, during a Year Six philosophy session, I asked my class to arrange themselves into a circle – the results left me truly startled. Chairs and tables were scraped back to the sides of the...