Category Archives: Blog

No Hat, No Play

When I did some work in Australian schools, that was The Mantra – very clear!! [...]

The Golden Rules for Children – Helping to Keep Life Simple!

One of the many lovely aspects of my work is that I meet very inspiring [...]

Quality Circle Time in the Primary Classroom – 17 reprints in 22 years!!

Here is ‘Quality Circle Time in the Primary Classroom’, sitting next to the also-popular ‘More [...]

Young Teachers’ Enthusiasm at London East Teacher Training Alliance (LETTA) Training Day

(Many thanks to Alex www.alexfranklin.co.uk for the photograph.) Young teachers are precious.  They are at the beginning [...]

Let’s Celebrate the Good Things In Schools!

Really pleased – I love it when schools take the time to celebrate what’s going [...]

“He’s A Waste of Other People’s Oxygen.” Poor parents and teachers!

We know that building self-esteem is important for children and that we must be very [...]

Year 6 Sadness …

  The sadness has not left me.  Recently I worked with a class of Year [...]

“School Life” Education Conference, University of Los Andes, Santiago, Chile, 2018

What a fabulous Education Conference on Saturday 7th April 2018 with the ASBCH (The Association of [...]

Training and Conferencing in Chile April 2018 – But First, Some Mountainous Golden Moments!

Jenny has had an amazing start to her working trip to Chile with a stay [...]

Japan 2018

I AM SO LUCKY!! I have just been to work with schools IN JAPAN… a [...]