I’ve created a fully editable, resizable, easily printable set of tried and tested retrieval practice activities. It also has a bit about the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ to support your implementation process. If you’d like a copy, drop me a dm with your email and I’ll send it across.

I believe it's reasonable to expect, at a minimum, that students are punctual, polite, attentive, putting in their best effort, and well behaved. This shouldn’t be seen as high standards.

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

Got a notification last night while doing some work at home that said "On 27th November, most features of PPT will be disabled". It seems the fear over licensing from the summer has now just shifted, and it is still going to go ahead. Have you heard anything James McEnaney ?

Pick a perfect present & get it wrapped too at our Christmas Shopping Evening December 4th! 🎁🎄 We are delighted to have the good people from Maggie's Glasgow cancer care coming to gift wrap purchases, as well as a load of authors on hand to sign their books!

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’ (early 20th century): someone who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

The tiredness is unreal, and it's only Tuesday?!?? Doesn't feel like we're approaching the holidays at all. I've already spent 19 hours in that building as well as doing work at home😩 #TeacherTired

I love this map of places where sycamore gap tree saplings will be planted. They include the Rob Burrow Centre for MND and a plot in memory of a 15 year old girl killed by her ex-boyfriend. They stretch from the Orkneys to Cornwall. By the National Trust.