Love2Learn

My previous post, No Entry, ended with this paragraph: Can teaching be approached the same way, i.e. seek different perspectives, enjoy the unusual (every student is an individual, after all), maybe inject a bit more art and fun, maybe dare go where I’ve previously not dared? Little did I know that I would face up to it so soon. [...]

Lucky me for making it to the Festival of Learning by PLANE.  Like any good festival, there was quite a buzz and lots of people all happy to be there and be part of the festivitites. There was a lot on offer – a smorgasbord of learning and networking opportunities. I won’t be able to do justice [...]

I love planning, I do. My kids’ birthday parties are legendary among their circles and a good friend has even advised me to write a book about them. When my youngest turned 6, you know what she asked? “Can we have free play?” Free play? As in, “do whatever you want?” Apparently, my parties were [...]

This is a post I’ve promised to write for @ClareFrogatt, an inspirational educator and individual. It’s taken me a long time to write because (a) I have been busy…still am and (b) I didn’t quite know how to blog about it….until now. Over a year ago, I blogged “On Bliss and Passion” exploring these two [...]

I’ve always loved medical dramas and perhaps embarrassingly, those helped frame Cameron Paterson’s (@cpaterso) call for participation in Instructional Rounds at his school. Fast forward to today when I was able to actually participate in one.  Like many there, I knew nothing of Instructional Rounds.  Cam did a brilliant job to brief us on what [...]