aBOUT ME
Mother of two girls.
Teacher of English.
English Lead.
I love my job and have lots to say about it. I usually vent all things teaching to my wonderful department, but since we’re in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic and in ‘lock down’, I thought I’d use some of this spare time I suddenly have to share my feelings online. I am hoping it helps my emotional well being.
All thoughts my own.
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“The essence of great leadership is influence, not authority.” I haven’t written a blog in a while but I found sharing my thoughts extremely therapeutic during lockdown because it helped me to clear my mind which meant I could sleep better. It was soothing to be able...
Remote Learning and the Curriculum
This morning, I attended the Seneca English CPD webinar and particularly enjoyed Kat Howard’s discussion on curriculum. I also firmly believe that we are ‘all designers of the curriculum’ because it is crucial that you know what you are teaching, but more importantly,...
Summer 2021 Exams
The DfE recently released information regarding the cancelled summer 2020 examinations and how grades will be decided for students which I’ll come back to in more detail later. But what I’ve been contemplating lately is what is going to happen to our (current) Y10’s...
“We will meet again.”
Last night, the Queen addressed the nation with a highly emotive and historic speech. She was moving in her details yet brilliantly reassuring. It was an inspiring message that we all needed to hear: we can only get through this together. As she concluded, I reached...