Some of you may know that from tomorrow, I’ll be Acting Headteacher at Heathfield Primary School. The scariest thing at the minute is not knowing what I don’t know. My priority for the next few days is making sure that Heathfield is ready. We have had MAJOR works in school during the break and most [...]
September 8, 2010
Induction at HeathfieldCPS must be going well!
My Headteacher (@diannespencer) blogged about how she implemented a 2 week window at the beginning of the school year to implement routines, concentrate on behaviour and ensure each child is happy and knows how the school runs. You can see her post here. We’re only on our second day with the pupils and I just [...]
February 28, 2010
Heathfield’s Bus
“Trust me! In three years time, people will be coming to HeathfieldCPS from all over the country to see what we have done to improve!” These are the words I am desperate to convey to the staff at Heathfield Primary School. I have been Deputy Head Teacher at Heathfield since September 2009 and have loved [...]
January 9, 2010
Online lessons during school closure makes the press!
We had quite a bit of interest from schools, the LA and the Press about our online learning classes this week. The Bolton News sent photographers to on of my pupil’s house and my house to take pictures of these classes taking place and here is the article written on their website (minus pictures.) Bolton [...]
January 7, 2010
Web 2.0 online ‘live’ lesson in closed school.
After the huge success from yesterday’s online lesson for children stuck at home due to the snow I embarked on a better 2nd attempt this afternoon. I still used Coveritlive as I was really impressed with what it offered and its simplicity. I will add meat to this post later tonight but you can reply [...]
January 6, 2010
My snow day online collaboration lessons/resources
I have been asked by a few people in my PLN on Twitter to write up my experiences of my first online ‘live’ lesson whilst the school was closed due to the snow. So here goes… The threat of severe disruption led me to excavate (steal) peoples thoughts and ideas on what schools or teachers [...]
January 5, 2010
Snow day ideas for online learning?
Please add any ideas you have to the PrimaryPad below, it will really help me plan and deliver some great resources tonight for the pupils tomorrow. You may want to slide across and click on ‘Full Window’ to help the display of the Pad. Thanks
