The qualities of a tip-top teacher
Teachers, what would we do without them? Often we don’t understand the vitalness of these exceptional human beings until we are adults...
Why promoting kindness in the classroom is a must
Kind words make the world go round. In fact, it has been proven that an environment where safety, kindness and understanding is...
3 Go-Home-Happy Strategies When You’ve Had a Bad Day
Bad days happen. I wish I could promise you that you won’t have a bad day, but I can’t. There will be those days...
Why I Love Teaching
Teaching. It's a bit of a funny job really. You get berated publicly for both working too much and working too little (I never...
Self-regulation: increasing the profile of teachers
Prior to teaching in England, I completed my teacher training in my hometown in Ontario, Canada. At the end of my teacher-training programme, I...
5 Supply Teacher Wellbeing Tips
Supply teaching can be pretty tough. You spend your week working across different schools, running from classroom to classroom providing cover for classes of...
10 Amazing English Lesson Ideas to Inspire Your Class
Looking for some inspiration for your English classes or need some new ways to engage uninterested students? English is a wonderfully varied subject to...
How to survive the stress of exam season
As exam season looms in the not so distant future and our fun filled bank holiday break is now fading to...
Part 1: Why I Wanted to be a Teacher
I knew without question that I wanted to be a teacher. I knew it without having to think about it. Without research, without a...
Making Books Accessible With a Moving Library
Having completed my second year of Primary Teaching in May – I finished the year exhausted but enlightened in equal measure. Though I welcomed...