Strava has recently updated its routing system. While most of these changes are for the subscription-only version, for those that take out the free trial, or subscribe there are a number of really great features that can help you plan routes. […]
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Tracking Pupil Progress in your Markbook in Google Sheets with Sparkline Tracking pupil progress is an essential part of the teacher toolkit. Often we can be faced with pages of data in a mark book and are expected to turn that into evidence whether a pupil is making progress or not. This week I discovered
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As a housemaster this time of year is always exciting. There is the anticipation of taking a vast array of students with increasing maturity from previous years alongside new boarders who come with their insecurities and enthusiasms. The prospect of developing a house, and in particular a house spirit that will provide the pupils with
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How to achieve instant quiet and attention from pupils without using your voice! Bringing a class to quiet. The “Magical” power of the Class Dojo “ping”. Bringing a class to quiet is a skill that I have watched other teachers use with envy. It can take years of practise. It can take very special techniques.
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Teacher Agency – Enabling teachers ability within their environments I am shortly about to start a masters course in Teaching and Learning. One of the first reading tasks was an article; Teacher Agency in Curriculum Making: Agents of Change and Spaces for Manoeuvre. It follows three teachers and examines their effectiveness as teachers within the
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I set myself the challenge of investigating the use of SeeSaw and Adobe Voice in the classroom. It was important to tell the students they will encounter problems, and to try and solve them when they come along. My experience tells me that pupils will shout their problem across the room before attempting to fix.
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About Brexit and Teaching As teachers we are encouraged to engage pupil voice in the work we do. We ask pupils to reflect and improve their work, to self and peer assess, and in pastoral situations we run questionnaires, and pupil councils to ensure that their voice is heard and we are representing their thoughts
The Brexit Result just won’t hold. Any teacher can tell you that! Read More »
This was my first run over 15km. I wanted to test my stamina. With hindsight I wish I went on the canal or hard surface. The long grass, brambles, nettles and large areas of mud made running difficult and slow. By the end of the run I was struggling to keep going and did pause
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I had a cricket match for school today, but knew Claire was also leaving the house early. I had just enough time to go to the Gadebridge park run. This is a free event where you run with a 100ish other runners an deceive a time. I had done one of these previously and recorded
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In September 2015 I decided to take up running. I had been running an orienteering club at school and enjoyed watching the children compete. I have always had a love for maps, Geo-Cashing and treasure hunt activities so orienteering was an attractive option for me to compete in during the winter season when my first love