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29 June 2021

...Early Career Teachers - Tips for ECTs

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So, you've qualified as a teacher and are about to commence your first post as an ECT? Then this post will help! I invited some ex-stude...
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25 May 2021

...Reflection through Poetry

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Can writing a poem support personal or professional development? The potential benefits of reflecting on experience, and specifically writte...
08 April 2021

...The Pyramid Approach to Writing

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This post sets out the Inverted  or Upside-down Pyramid Approach  to essay-writing, as described by one of my students. The tool can reduce ...
23 March 2021

...Teacher Training - Top Tips

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If you are planning on training to become a teacher, then this post will help! I invited some ex-students - recently qualified teachers - to...
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28 February 2021

...Evaluating Reflective Practice

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Assuming you understand that reflective practice can support professional development, how do you actually go about it?  And how do you know...
05 January 2021

...Health, Support & Wellbeing

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As I write this post the UK enters a third round of restrictions imposed to help control the spread of the Covid-19 virus ...
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12 December 2020

...Personal Statements

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  Applying for an NQT Post  Writing a Personal Statement A personal statement is usually requested to support an application for a teaching ...
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30 October 2018

...Semicolons

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This very brief post (requested by students) aims to exemplify conventions for the use of semicolons in standard written English, in just ...