Technology a Blessing or a Curse

Considering the widespread influence of technology, the objective is no longer how to teach children to use technology but how to use technology to best teach students - Dr Tunji Olaopa (2013). How do we effectively support this digital generation? How can practitioners change and re-invent themselves so that they are well positioned to teach this generation of students?

Safeguarding in Schools

Many times as professionals we are more concerned about what our colleagues think and how they might judge us and this affects the way we respond to issues around safeguarding.

Who is in Charge

So that’s my question in your home who is in charge of your children’s behaviour? Now I hear some parents laughing and saying me, of course. Ahh if you say that then you are solely responsible for your children’s behaviour this means you are to blame. But really it should be “US” it is about shared ownership.

Differentiation

What does differentiation mean and why is it important. Differentiation is defined by the Training and Development Agency for Schools as ‘the process by which differences between learners are accommodated so that all students in a group have the best possible chance of learning’.