Tag Archives: Primary school

Invite Nick to visit your School – and find out how things are!


One of the blogs I read regularly is published under the @TeacherToolkit title by Ross Morrison McGill. His blog today refers to visits to Schools by Nick Gibb, the Government Minister responsible for Schools as part of the Department for … Continue reading

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The Government plays slow and loose with primary education


The idea of spending a lot of time testing and measuring elements of a system when there are evidently fundamental flaws in the system as a whole is clearly an attempt to distract attention away from the flaws. This is … Continue reading

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It may not be a mans world!


I was at a social event early in the year when International Womens Day (March 8th) was discussed. Someone asked why there was not a similar day for men, and one of those present with a sense of humour pointed out that men … Continue reading

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Crawley’s Glass Whiteboard


If the barrier to an acceptable gender balance in boardrooms and within our Governmental structures is referred to as a glass ceiling, perhaps there is something similar that could be used as a shorthand when it comes to our classrooms? … Continue reading

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Gove and some playground calculations


According to a recent article in the Sunday Telegraph, the MP for Surrey Heath who is so focused on strengthening basic skills in our schools, has failed to apply some simple sums in his own department. According to the article, there are several consultants working … Continue reading

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