My Article For The International Teacher Magazine: Using Minecraft To Engage Students In Learning.

I recently wrote an article for the International Teacher Magazine about simple ways to use Minecraft in the classroom.   Click … More

A Free, Downloadable ‘Assessment For Learning’ Prompt sheet.

Assessment for Learning (AfL) is the process of finding out how much progress students have made in their learning and … More

My Article For Teachwire: Focus Your Teaching On The Important Stuff By ‘Flipping’ Your Classroom.

I recently wrote an article for Teachwire , an excellent educational website (the online version of the magazine ‘Teach Primary’), about simple … More

Transition Tech Tools To Get To Know Your New Class.

This week, it’s been ‘move-up morning’ in my school, in which the children went to meet their new teacher.  How … More

My Article For The TES: How to… Overcome classroom technophobia.

I recently wrote an article for the Times Educational Supplement (TES).  It was about my experience of technophobia as a … More

Don’t just take notes, take ‘sketch notes’.

Usually when we ask our students to take notes, they use bullet points and text only. Sketch notes are different. … More

Create Simple Infographics With This Superb Online Tool

Piktochart is an excellent online website (also available on the App Store) which makes it really easy to create an … More

How Makin Misteaks Can B A Pwrfl Teeching Statergy;

We all make mistakes.  I certainly have made them whilst teaching.  And do you know what?  Pupils love it when … More

Matific Is A Great Primary Maths Learning Tool.

Matific is simply excellent.  It’s available at Matific.com or alternatively as an app (on both Google Play and the App … More

Easily Make Graphs For Free With The App ‘MyGraph’

I recently did a Science lesson for our topic ‘healthy bodies’ in which my class measured their heart rates before … More