I wouldn’t say anything against my own Head’s teaching ability (as I don’t know if he reads PB), and yes, some heads and deputies are a serious loss to the actual task of teaching. In part that may b… (View Post)

It’s an elegant solution to the Friday afternoon problem, but it is impractical these days in almost any school as a significant number of teachers are part time, often as a consequence of child care… (View Post)

You never saw her insightful analysis of the Third Five Year Plan and its effectiveness at preparing the Soviet Union for war, set to the tune of “My Favourite Things”? It’s probably on YouTube somew… (View Post)

I see your point. We do actually have a couple of outside whiteboards, used by the PE Department, but they are only really big enough to say which group goes in which changing room, so unless you can… (View Post)

Depends what you are teaching: Newton’s Laws using water rockets goes pretty well, as does the speed of sound and modelling the size of the solar system. Our history department re-enacts the Battle o… (View Post)