How much do you know about the Tees Valley?
Right, here is your chance to spend an hour or so avoiding what you should be doing! Back in April I made a series of short films about various places…
ViewIt is not about careers guidance….discuss
I'm not normally that controversial am I? A friend of mine is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music. His daughter is a talented singer and musician. Genetic or…
ViewShowing pupils a positive future is more important than ever right now
With all the free resources that I've been creating for schools and home educators over the past few months I haven't had time to post recently. As usual they had…
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River Tees Rediscovered has a been a project running for over five years that brings together organisations, companies, communities and individuals to develop ways of celebrating and improving our use…
ViewA Creative Hub for Teachers and Parents
Did you know that there are hundreds of local artists who work with schools, organisations and businesses in the Tees Valley? Did you know they are creating resources and challenges…
ViewCreative engineers
Inventive? Great work! Thank you for all the messages and comments about the resources that I have been creating, it seems that hundreds of you have been dipping into one…
ViewTalent Unleashed
Our schools work really hard to ensure our children have a well rounded education. They are always looking for opportunities to embed and extend the key skills that they try…
ViewAuthentic Learning Across the Curriculum
I love working with Primary school teachers. I mean, yes I know I am one, but it never fails to impress me when a teacher or team get an idea…
ViewA sense of pride has more impact than what you might think
Do they feel they belong here? As any regular reader of my posts will know, my work is underpinned by the theory of developing cultural capital. From the growing research…
ViewRoyal Institution – Inspiring Engineers
You all watch the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on BBC4 every year don't you?One of the initiatives that they have run for several years are masterclasses for secondary. I previously…
ViewIt was on a starry night…
Actually it wasn't. I met Carole Haswell last year when she spoke at an event for local businesses. You know Carole, she's from Saltburn? Little lady with a huge personality?…
ViewBETT-er than ever?
Class pet of the future? BETT is one of the largest Education shows in the world and comes round but once a year. Every year there is a debate about…
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