I’m going to start with a story. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin… Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there was a very scared, very enthusiastic, brand new Reception teacher. She’d spent the last week of the summer holidays in her classroom, organising resources, putting up displays and getting her head

Inspiration – ‘What are your favourite words to say out loud?’ Dave Harland tweeted this question on 10/1/19. In a perfect world, my Twitter search skills would be such that I could find the original tweet to show you here. But I can’t. And I can’t spend any more time fannying around in ‘advance search’.

SATs Stress There are articles about SATs stress all over the place at this time of year. Some, inexplicably, with an overall tone of surprise that putting children under pressure leads to a decline in their overall mental health. All with depressing statistics and anecdotal evidence from parents/carers, teachers, children’s charities and other educational professionals.