Progress is in the air. If we could measure progress before it was too late, we could be far clearer about what … More
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I want you, I need you; but there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you.
I want you, I need you; but there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you. Meatloaf: Two Out Of … More
Ready for Lift Off – This Week We Wrote About Rockets
To launch Autumn Term 2014, we took 50 year 6 children to Cambridge to build and test rockets at Sidney Sussex … More
Textbooks Are Good For You
For two consecutive weeks, I have been inspired to write by Alex Quigley’s brilliant Hunting English blog. This week Alex’s blog … More
Reading in the Wild
There can’t be a piece of wilderness in Britain that wouldn’t be improved by a well written information board. I love … More
But, So, However, Therefore and Furthermore
And, But, So, However, Therefore and Furthermore. If I hadn’t made the move from secondary school to primary school last … More
What Part Don’t You Get? Part 2
In my last blog, I wrote about the four reasons why many of my secondary students couldn’t learn science through … More
What Part Don’t You Get?
A message to my secondary school self… In my 18 years of secondary science teaching, I went through at least two swings … More
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