Amplify: Guest Blogs
This project is about elevating the voices of women in education – get in touch if you’d like to take part in the Amplify series and write a guest blog.
Women’s voices in the education sphere are sometimes lost. Writing well about the classroom takes experience, intelligence, insight… women have these things in abundance. What we sometimes lack is a platform, confidence and a call to action. The aim of ‘Amplify’ is simple: provide a platform and a stimulus for women to write about classroom practice. The hope is, through the safety net of collaboration and support, this project might prompt more women to start their own blogs and push away that imposter.
How Historical Fiction and Objects Help Children Learn About Everyday Lives
This is a Guest Blog Written by Victoria Williamson Victoria Williamson is an award-winning author and former teacher who writes and edits Key Stage 2 books (ages 7-11) for an...Continue reading→
Creating Space to be Heard: Student Voice and the English Classroom
This is a Guest Blog Written by Katie McDonald Katie McDonald taught middle school and high school English in Virginia and Guam for five years. During her time as a...Continue reading→
Navigating the Maze: Attempting to unravel the concept of a coaching culture in education.
This is a guest blog written by Lucy Wood Lucy is an experienced primary practitioner and has had the privilege of teaching, learning and leading across a diverse range of...Continue reading→
Can an Early Years Approach Inspire the Whole of Primary School?
This is a guest blog written by Sarah Smith Sarah originally trained as a social worker before becoming and Early Years teacher. She currently works full-time as an EY and...Continue reading→
Why we need to warm up ‘cold call’
This is a guest blog written by Emily Pringle. Emily has been a History teacher for 12 years working in Lincolnshire. She has three children and works 0.8, and is...Continue reading→
Maximising the Value: What Can the Education System Learn From the World of Continuous Improvement?
This is a guest blog written by Louisa Grimley. Louisa is currently Secondary English Lead at a 4-19 SEND provision in Leicester. A latecomer to teaching, she uses her previous...Continue reading→
‘Finding my Lane’ – an imposter syndrome tale
Alison Lister Ali Lister is an Associate Assistant Principal at an inner city Leeds secondary academy serving an area of high deprivation. She leads English as well as Literacy Across...Continue reading→
Teaching Writing: Reflections from a Head of Faculty
Leila is an English Literature graduate with no real experience in teaching writing, or, indeed, writing creatively herself. She started her teaching career with little knowledge or understanding of how...Continue reading→
The Power of Simplicity: Supporting Reluctant Writers at Key Stage 4
It is the first week in December, and as I stand at the front of my classroom I can feel the rainwater in my shoes: it is a bleak day...Continue reading→
‘Becoming a Writer’.
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lotand write a lot.” Stephen King The thought of reading and writing “a...Continue reading→
