A comedic take on the Montreal Canadiens. Saturday, May 25, 2013. A little while ago Andrew Berkshire of Habs Eye On The Prize. Approached me and asked me to help him write the Puck Daddy Eulogy for the Ottawa Senators.

Education Writer, Researcher and Policy Nerd. How to keep an eye on education. What to wear for a TV interview. The Gift of Mr McGee. It was never just about words with Mr McGee. Like all good English teachers, he made it about life.

I am mum to Dinky who is awesome- she also has been diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder-PDA, ADHD and Sensory integration difficulties. Their child was sensory defensive and the visits helped with his sensory integration.

This is not quite the opening for this blog that I had anticipated. Yesterday brought the news that one of my students had lost her life, it seems whilst trying to save the life of her younger cousin. The teenagers appeared unaware of the dangers of open water swimming. We sadly see this type of news every year when the sun comes out. I love my children, I think they are the greatest kids any mother could have, but I do not always like them! .

This week, we carried out our first set of nationally standardised assessments. These show the progress our pupils have made throughout the year in reading, English and Maths. How to get them reading. Which diagnostic assessments are useful? Vocabulary a.

Musings of a woman retired but not retiring. A few years ago I had the chance to blog about the Top 10 Careers I would like to do for a week. Full training would be given and obviously, you would be brilliant at it. I found it while I was tidying around the blog and share it again, with a few comments.

As always I wanted to ensure representation from the special school sector and wanted to seek some clarification from Sean on some elements of the framework that affect special schools specifically or disproportionately.

Everything you ever wanted to know about becoming a nurse but were too afraid to ask. A few weeks back I became a nurse.

Trying new ideas to improve teaching and learning. This was number 1 on 14th March 2004. Something really strange happened to me this week. My current Headteacher is retiring at the end of term and she must have been clearing out her files. She came to me with a blue file.

Is a piece of cheese really more intelligent than my students? So results are out and everyone is talking about them. Sadly, a lot of the talking is doing very little for the education system in this country. Yes, I am disappointed that some of my.