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Everyone needs a Hilary
In my first few years of teaching I was honoured to share an intimate office, some might call it a broom cupboard with a colleague called Hilary Matthews. We were …
The problem with staff meetings (Vol. 1)
Oh dear, we really have some shocking practice in the education sector. I have sat through too many meetings which have been either dull and irrelevant or difficult and poorly managed. Why …
The problem with INSET: the great training robbery
Good heavens, I have sat through some real rubbish over the past 16 years. I have been obliged to attend some of the most irrelevant content, poorly applied concepts with …
The unconscious curriculum at ResearchEd 2016
I had a lovely time at researchEd today, much needed chicken soup for my teaching soul. It was nice to see old, new and current colleagues all under one roof. …
I have come to a frightening conclusion …
I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that …
Hopes and fears for a new term.
My new school shoes sit in the hallway, staring at me. Summer is all about being barefoot but September is about slipping your toes into new leather. They are a …
UCAS 2016: A buyer’s market?
We have survived A-level results day, despite my worst fears it was a sunny end to an emotional day. Our results were a mixed bag with some surprises but no …
The unconscious curriculum at researchEd 2016.
Some reflections on how the unconscious works its way into our classrooms, staffrooms and school processes. This session will follow the tradition of Melanie Klein, Anna Freud and Wilfred Bion …
A brief guide to the new GCSE grade boundaries
Originally posted on missdcoxblog:
There will be no UMS. These were for modular exams. Everything is now linear. The DfE have published descriptors for 2/5/8, however they are mainly meaningless…
The myth of gained time
One of the many lies we tell ourselves about the summer term is the one about ‘gained time’. For teachers, struggling through the spring term and faced with the inhumane amount …
the unconscious curriculum 