Thursday, 10 October 2013

The whole is the greater than the sum of its parts.

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Since developing the idea for the school and researching alternative approaches, one aspect of the school that has become increasingly impo...
Friday, 20 September 2013

I believe that children are the FutureWimbledon

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This Tuesday I attended the Future Wimbledon conference, hosted by Love Wimbledon and the borough of Merton. It was a conference mainly...
Saturday, 8 June 2013

A secondary project based learning school that has got the go ahead.

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A couple of weeks ago now, the Government published the list of free schools that have been accepted to pre-opening. It is really heartening...
Monday, 13 May 2013

The child/student, our first notes on Visual Learning

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Hattie's main argument in this section of his  book is that students enter school not only with prior achievements, but also personal d...

Another like minded group aiming to set up a free school.

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Since starting this project, I have been blown away by the kindness and generosity of people also involved in the process. I have also been ...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Visible Learning, thoughts based on John Hattie

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I came across John Hattie's book only last year, slightly late, but being hailed as the Holy Grail of teaching I thought it was definite...
Monday, 15 April 2013

West Newcastle Academy

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Some local papers have been very kind and written articles about my efforts to try and start the school. I was really pleased when someone...