I love the monthly wellbeing calendars from Action for Happiness. January’s calendar is focussed on Happy New Year. I’ve decided to blog my progress through January’s actions. Today’s action is “make time to do something kind for yourself”. Now, I have to confess that I had a self-care afternoon/evening yesterday on the sofa watching The […]
The One About Action for Happiness (1st Jan)
I love the monthly wellbeing calendars from Action for Happiness. January’s calendar is focussed on Happy New Year. I’ve decided to blog my progress through January’s actions. 1st – Find three good things to look forward to. First has to be our summer holiday. Last year, we spent an amazing week at Malham Tarn Field […]
The One About Job Sharing
How Can Job-Sharing Enhance School-wide Curriculum Design? This article first appeared the Chartered College of Teaching’s journal, Impact, in Summer 2019. In January 2019, Damian Hinds announced that the DfE would be supporting schools to implement flexible working practices such as job-sharing, where two teachers perform the role of one full time staff member, as […]
The One for NQTs
This week, I had the chance to be 10% braver and present at a Digital TeachMeet for NQTs, organised by OneStep CPD. The format of a traditional face-to-face TeachMeet was loosely followed – a series of short presentations followed by Q&A time. I had chosen Managing Your Workload as my theme. You can download my […]
The One About The One I Would Be
Things I will do: Trust my staff Listen Remember birthdays {Note: this post was unfinished but is published anyway to share what I thought at the time}
The One About SATs Stress (FAO: Damian Hinds)
I was recently sent this article written by the Education Secretary, Damian Hinds. I have thought hard about what he had to say about SATS preparation in schools, and the purpose of SATs… Hinds criticises schools who place, in his eyes, too much focus on preparation for SATs, and accuses them of causing children undue stress and […]
The One About Being the Best
I’ve seen a few posts on Twitter this week from schools who’ve had letters from the DfE about their school’s KS2 results. The schools are proud of the achievements of their pupils, but I’m not sure I agree with the sharing of these letters. (And I’ll admit at this point, we didn’t get one!) From […]
The One About Being Flexible
I’ll lay all my cards on the table. I’m a teacher, I work part time, I have two children and a dog and no family very close by. When I heard this week that the DfE were releasing a document aimed at making teaching more flexible to aid staff retention, I was optimistic that finally […]
The One From an Unusual Prospect
I should explain the title of this one first. It’s a label that was offered to the group of new faces at the event I’ll describe below as an alternative to “the usual suspects” I don’t think I’ve blogged much about my work towards Chartered Teacher status. I will, once it’s all finished and I […]
The One With the Goals
I’ve been an occasional reader of The Organised Housewife (as my disorganised house will evidence!) So, when I saw that Katrina was launching a 2019 Challenge to Declutter 52 Things in 52 Weeks, I signed up. A pre-challenge task was to think about what I want to achieve by the end of the challenge. So, […]