In the classroom

One of my young people has been struggling at school lately. Not with the academic content so much as the 'other stuff'.  We've ...

Recently my class was privileged to celebrate Jamie Oliver's 2015 Food Revolution Day at Jamie's local Ministry of Food Pop Up cent...

Gosh, it's been weeks since I blogged. So much for a second round of #28daysofwriting. I've spent much of the last 4 1/2 weeks in be...

Toward the end of last year I was exceptionally lucky to have our Deputy Principal/Literacy Guru Miss Sally ( @sslattery22 ) come into our l...

Plagiarism. P.L.A.G.I.A.R.I.S.M.  It sounds so grubby doesn't it?  I know my thinking is a product of years of tertiary study, but surel...

Remember my mentor sentence from yesterday? I have slipped the surly bonds of earth   a nd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings. A...

My husband dropped me to school today and, being the gentleman he is, he carried my book bag into my learning space. He has a sweet habit o...