MY #EDUFOOTYAID PENALTY SAVE . . . after conceding a late penalty at #EduFootyAid which almost cost us the game, I needed to make amends in the penalty shootout. Thankfully I was able to save the third penalty from the home side and ‘Team England’ went on to win the cup after a

Loving seeing my former Lanchester EP Primary School pupils enjoying themselves in the Midlands and glad to see that they still love a selfie! 📸 💙

I’m delighted to announce that thanks to the incredible efforts of all involved in #EduFootyAid 2024 that £2000 has now been raised to support two fantastic mental health charities in ‘Beyond’ and ‘T.A.M.H.I’. The sponsor link is still open if you would like to donate also:

Honoured to have been asked to present at the Tes SEND Show again this week in London. I will be presenting ‘Assistive Technology: What’s Neccessary for Some is Good For All’ between 12:30pm - 1:30pm. If you are at this year’s show, then would love to see you at my sessions.

If you are at Tes SEND Show in London on Friday, then please do come along and see myself and my good friend Carol Allen . We will be on the TTS Resources ( Special Direct ) stand - 208 from 9:45am - 10:15am and then again from 11:15am - 11:45am where we will be joined by some of

Great staff meeting at St.Robert’s Catholic First School (Morpeth, Northumberland) this evening. Looked at evidencing and assessing Computing using Purple Mash from 2Simple 💻

Was great to use Learning by Questions Learning by Questions with my Ellington pupils Ellington Primary School for the first time today. LbQ has always been one of my favourite resources and I introduced today to Year for both a SPaG activity and for multiplying two digit numbers in Maths. Looking

The ‘Ultimate Coding Course’ on Wednesday 13th November at The Hilton Hotel (Gateshead Quayside) is now completely SOLD OUT. A waiting list is in operation in the event of any late cancellations and if you would like to be added to this waiting list then please email

Little trip to Wembley tonight for England vs Greece ahead of presenting at SEND Show in London tomorrow.

If you are at Tes SEND Show in London today you can hear me present ‘Assistive Technology: What’s necessary for some is good for all’ from 12:30pm - 1:30pm. I will also be on the TTS Resources (Special Direct ) stand (Stand 208) alongside Carol Allen and my brilliant ‘Testing

What an amazing day I had in London yesterday at Tes SEND Show . Was an incredible honour to deliver a keynote presentation in the main theatre for the first time, but what made the day really special was being able to share it with my fabulous pupils and colleagues from

It was fantastic to catch up with the wonderful Texthelp team at the the SEND Show UK in London on Friday. I was thrilled to introduce my Birchwood staff and students to this incredible resource. I wholeheartedly share Texthelp’s belief that “what’s necessary for some is good for

My Year 3 pupils from Birchwood Primary School were fantastic at being the ‘Testing Team’ for TTS Resources / Special Direct at the Tes SEND Show in London on Friday. They were so polite, friendly and articulate when demonstrating the various resources to the delegates in attendance and

A lucky group of our Year 3 pupils were absolutely fantastic as the ‘Testing Team’ for TTS Resources at the Tes SEND Show in London on Friday. They rightly received tremendous praise for the polite, friendly, confident and articulate way in which they engaged with delegates.

I’m honoured to be sharing the stage with three of my brilliant Digital Leaders from Birchwood Primary School TheCATSchools at the ICT for Education at Villa Park (Birmingham). We will be presenting ‘Our Coding Journey’ and will be sharing a wide range of coding and computational thinking

Great day delivering ‘Making the Most of Purple Mash’ course to teachers from throughout the Midlands at Birchwood Primary School TheCATSchools today. Lovely and enthusiastic group of teachers in attendance and was delighted with their very positive feedback to the day. Looked at teaching

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Had a brilliant end to the week working with my Nursery pupils at Ellington Primary School Ellington Primary School (Northumberland). We looked at a wide variety of different coding apps and robots and developed their skills in creating algorithms. One of their favourite robots was