by Martin | Dec 26, 2018 | Education | 0 Comments
This article was published in the UKEdMag E-Zine March 2014 HERE With the advent of the new national curriculum and its new emphasis on computing there has never been so much focus on technology in the classroom. In particular there has been a huge surge in tools to...
by Martin | Jan 22, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Passwords are like underpants. You need them everywhere. Make sure you change them often. It’s important that you care. Never get them out in public. Never share them with a friend. Make sure you don’t forget them. Or your fun will surely...
by Martin | Jan 7, 2017 | Education | 0 Comments
As part of a series of lessons on shape and angles with year 6 I taught a lesson on drawing 2D shapes with given angles and side lengths. We had previously struggled with using protractors LOTS but this lesson was a bit of a tying-it-all-together lesson at the end of...
by Martin | Jan 1, 2017 | Education, Product Review | 0 Comments
In the last week of my first school experience block I had a spare computing lesson with my year 6 class and free choice of activity. The class have a reasonably good level of computing and we have just finished a block of Espresso Coding so I wanted something that...
by Martin | Oct 24, 2016 | Education, Nerdiness | 0 Comments
I tried to do a PGCE back in 2004 (which didn’t entirely go to plan) and I have a really clear memory if a few specific things. One such thing was around the idea of preferred learning styles, as presented by Howard Gardner as “multiple...
by Martin | Oct 15, 2016 | Education | 0 Comments
I’m in the middle (well, quite near the beginning really) of a specialist maths primary PGCE at the University of Worcester. This means we get all the usual primary stuff plus some extra “special maths”. There are some differences in how our school...
by Martin | Jul 17, 2016 | Education | 0 Comments
I wrote this as part of a new “About Me” page but I decided it warranted post status. I grew up and went to school in the town where I still live; Bewdley in Worcestershire. I have always found pretty much everything fascinating and had a real drive...
by Martin | Mar 16, 2016 | Education, Nerdiness | 0 Comments
Many moons ago (2003) I did a PGCE in secondary science, most of which seemed to be teaching sex education every other week. There were many lows and a few highs, one of which was a particular lesson that I did based on my degree (biochemistry). More recently I...
by Martin | Mar 9, 2016 | Education | 0 Comments
I’ll start with a bit of context. I did a secondary PGCE when I was somewhat younger. I have since run companies through which I have hired around 50 people over the years. I’ve also been a primary school governor for six years including two years as chair...
by Martin | Jun 9, 2015 | Education | 0 Comments
Through my life many a person has asked me in an often exasperated tone “why don’t you just pick something and stick to it?!”. I’ve always found everything a little too interesting though and vaguely try to justify this position based on my...
