Virtual teaching or not, there are many ways that the ‘live lessons’ of the past month have been no different to normal teaching. So, as a continuation of my last post, here are 3 ways that virtual teaching and 'real life' teaching are the same. 1. Students still ask a lot of questions In normal…
A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal
Eight weeks of school closures means eight Mondays where I have emailed my form to find out how they are doing, as per my duty of care. Despite them receiving this weekly email with clear instructions that they must reply, unfortunately the response rate isn’t always great. Some students will happily answer my questions and…
Return of the Blog
With these long days and nights staying at home, it was inevitable that I would end up returning to blogging. This is my first post since July last year and a lot has changed since then. I am living in a new city, working at a new school and of course, the biggest change: the…
Teach First, Blog Later 