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Aftermath
“Harumpf.” “There he goes again. He’ll wake the girls,” Camille muttered to herself. He hadn’t woken her of course. She hadn’t slept a full eight hours in weeks. Not since she had gone. Bracing herself, Camille padded along the hall. Gingerly, she made her way downstairs, pausing to take in her reflection in the large […]
Posted in: 100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups
Going, going…
August 2, 2011
What had she done? With chalk white knuckles, Muriel clung onto the steering wheel like she was on a rollercoaster ride about to take an untoward bend. She was hurtling off the rails with alarming speed. A ripple of panic lasered through her core, slicing her in half. Lily and Beth. Her girls, her brood. Would […]
Posted in: 100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups
Strawberry Dream
July 27, 2011
Lily picked at the chipped nail polish on her little toes anxiously. Strawberry Dream, a sickly pink with glitter, but this was anything but a dream. She hoped, when she was older, it would fade in her memory and become something that resembled one. Shuffling silently on her bottom, she moved down the landing. The wailing […]
Posted in: 100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups
Going ‘green’: rating your effort
June 11, 2011
During an AfL session on a recent CPD course, a simple idea was put to us. If you have an ‘in’ tray where children stick written work/books that need to be marked, think about having three such trays instead. Make one red, one orange and one green and get children to put their work into […]
To score or not to score?
May 22, 2011
Last week, I went on the second part of a course at the National Science Learning Centre in York about extending gifted and more able students in science. Over both residential periods there were many thought provoking moments, but one of the most interesting sessions for me was about assessment and feedback. As teachers, how […]
Games Pod
March 14, 2011
I have been bleating on (tweeting on?) about Games Pod on Twitter for the last week or so now and some have asked for the details behind it all. Now it’s all over I feel ready to write about it! It all came about because my school is taking part in a project to get boys into […]
Posted in: Games-based learning, ICT
PGCE connections
February 25, 2011
It’s not like I don’t have plenty to do already, but I this morning I felt compelled to write to some of my old PGCE tutors at Goldsmiths about all the great things I see happening through the world of Twitter. There really is so much help and information out there, but there’s a few […]
S-t-r-e-t-c-h!
February 13, 2011
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the first part of a four day residential course, at the National Science Learning Centre in York, all about extending more able and gifted children in primary science. It was an intensive two days with lots to take in, but at the end of it I came […]
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Tweecher 
August 11, 2011
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