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Weekly Newsletter Monday 17 March 2014 – The Limiting Judgements edition

Posted on 17/03/2014 by jameswilding

http://goo.gl/6HTwFM In this newsletter Limiting Judgements The Web’s 25th birthday 5 innovations to change your life in the next 5 years 29 ways to stay creative Books I am reading And finally… Introduction The last seven days have been busy … Continue reading →

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Weekly Digital Newsletter Monday 10 March 2014 – “The smell of new mown grass” edition

Posted on 10/03/2014 by jameswilding

http://goo.gl/nCc7pC Preamble Do you recall having a ‘Michael Cain’ moment, when you realised that ‘Not a lot of people know that?’ Here’s Peter Sellers inaugurating that legend – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY85a15n5QY. It turns out that the smell of the cut grass comes … Continue reading →

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“Education is not preparation for life; Education is life itself”

Posted on 07/03/2014 by jameswilding

The first part of this post was originally written as a reply to an excellent essay on Teacher Burnout, by Alex Quigley, an Assistant Headteacher and English Subject Leader at Huntington Secondary School, York. ‘Autonomy, mastery and purpose’ wrote Dan Pink, … Continue reading →

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 Many are prepared to suffer for their art, few are prepared to learn how to draw. 

Posted on 06/03/2014 by jameswilding

This quote attributed to Simon Munnery rather nicely summarises that cognitive conflict that takes place in school each day. ‘Me, Sir, me, me…’ goes the enthusiastic child, pushing them selves forward to take a leading part in something, be that … Continue reading →

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Digital Newsletter Monday 3 March 2014 – The Journeyman edition

Posted on 04/03/2014 by jameswilding

 http://goo.gl/raOwBF In this edition – In praise of Journeyman Seeking a new job What Good Assessment looks like Teaching Modern Foreign Languages at Primary Level The best way to have good ideas. The world’s worst Teacher CPD surely Preamble Whether … Continue reading →

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@jshe: “I am always doing that which I cannot do in order than I may learn how to do it.” Picasso

Posted on 28/02/2014 by jameswilding
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“The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.” —Seymour Papert

Posted on 13/02/2014 by jameswilding

Introduction to Seymour Papert(from his own website – http://www.papert.org/): People laughed at Seymour Papert in the sixties when he talked about children using computers as instruments for learning and for enhancing creativity. The idea of an inexpensive personal computer was then … Continue reading →

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“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.”

Posted on 12/02/2014 by jameswilding

Appointment to Assistant Headship, Claires Court Junior Boys, Mr Eric Leuzinger BEd As our school community knows, Jeff Watkins, Headmaster of our Junior Boys school is to retire at the end of this academic year, and his successor is Justin … Continue reading →

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Digital Newsletter Monday 10 February 2014 – The Rising Damp edition (fingers firmly crossed).

Posted on 10/02/2014 by jameswilding

“Avast there me hearties” or some such Tosh of a greeting, from the Island Republic that is East Maidenhead. Those that know the senior boys site of Claires Court will know that it nestles gently some 800 yards away from … Continue reading →

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7 days – it’s always 7 days – and what happens when the ‘phone doesn’t ring

Posted on 04/02/2014 by jameswilding

One of the Open secrets within our school is that we are due an Inspection event. Not just any set of visitors, but a defining set that are hand-picked specifically to pull our weft and weave apart, check what DNA they … Continue reading →

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