Educational Research and Pedagogy

Nov 11, 20226 min read

Why My Kid Hoovers and Classroom Motivation

What cleaning up has to do with classroom motivation.

Jun 20, 202215 min read

The Times Education Commission - Why The UK Urgently Needs Educational Reform

In May 2021, The Times Education Commission was set up to ‘ examine the future of education in light of the Covid-19 crisis, declining...

May 5, 20222 min read

Assessing Creativity in Writing - (not counting the number of fronted adverbials)

Assessing writing has always been tricky - it's highly subjective and can be hard to pin-point what makes one piece of writing better...

May 4, 202212 min read

A Forward Thinking Curriculum : Let's Get Down To The Nitty Gritty

A Forward -Thinking Curriculum: Let’s Get Down To The Nitty Gritty Educational Consultant and Author, Kate McCallam, shares why grit is a...

Apr 9, 20224 min read

Being A Writer-Teacher

Full article (abridged version in newsletter at bottom of page) Being a Writer-Teacher by Kate McCallam Kate is a Y6 veteran and a...

Feb 2, 20223 min read

'Getting Creative With Our Amazing Language' by Richard D'Souza - a brilliant booklet for Y6 and KS3

This is a fabulous free resource that every English teacher should download and use with their class. It is written for pupils and gives...

Jan 1, 20221 min read

The Future of Work - What Matters Most For Our Children

see published article section also

Oct 29, 20211 min read

Grand Designs: Why Classroom Design Really Matters

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