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The beauty of ‘The Beano’ is undeniable, the continued success of the comic, and the way the characters have formed part of our cultural history is evident on many different levels. In their 23rd August 2015 edition ‘The Observer’ called the Greek former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis ‘Yanis the Menace’ – the all pervading influence […]

The following blog is a combination of the delegate feedback, and my own reflections on the session Implementing a Successful KS3 Curriculum for NATE on Friday 26th June 2015. The session was split into two 1 h 15 minute slots. On arrival at the Gateshead Hilton, the organisers informed me that my session was ‘by

If our aim is to close the gap, improve literacy, widen cultural experience and create a more dynamic and well educated population, we need to let it flow! FLOW Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience– Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s famous investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness

When I was training to be a teacher at Nottingham University, we were given an excellent grounding in the teaching profession, and they prepared us well. The experience gave me two of my most distinctive memories: 1) When my tutor told me I had a great deal of potential in the profession and I should