Pupil Referral Units: The children beyond mainstream education To view the full article from The Independent click the link above. In between various tasks from within my office I often glance at various newspapers and online articles relating to education. They are often filled with statistics, results, celebrations, budgets and new schools reforms…varying yet ironically repetitive. ...
Teachers nationally have been celebrating their profession and TES released a great article compiling a list of their favourite responses to the questions ‘why did you became a teacher?’ and ‘why you have remained a teacher?’. The responses are inspiring! Take a look. Whilst teachers across the country have been commenting on why they became a teacher, ...
She give a simple instruction and got verbally abused, those displays she spent hours putting up on the walls got torn down in seconds, she asked me to leave and I became aggressive…so why did this particular teacher not give up trying? As a student whose behaviour and attainment was extremely poor throughout secondary school, ...
10 July 2015
Quick tip for Pastoral Conversations
Open your heart and share a little with them and they will share all with you.
Every time I find myself having a ‘difficult’ conversation with a student who is on the verge of disclosing something which is cause for concern it has always followed my keynote. I have just spent the past 45 minutes sharing my story and as a result created a sense of connection and common ground between ...