Perceptions vs. Reality
Teachers finish work at 3pm. Teachers are always on holiday. Teaching is easy and anyone can do it. How many of these have you heard? Well, I have only been teaching since September and to be [...]
A Step by Step Survival Guide to Teacher Training
I swapped with a fellow trainee to write about how to survive being a trainee teacher because she questioned if she was surviving. I thought it would be easy and offered to swap. I sat down after [...]
Delving Deeper
Never underestimate the power of clay… I did! I have come from a digital background; my practice consists of working with multiple screen based media. The fluidity from camera to screen, to [...]
Congratulations to our Trainees!
Congratulations to Georgia Breakwell who has been appointed as Teacher of Geography at Aldridge School after two successful placements at Plantsbrook School and The Friary School. [...]
CPD is Key!
As PE teachers, Teacher standard 1a can often take on a new meaning, as some of the activities we teach can be very dangerous. Trampolining is an example of one of these sports so we were [...]
