I’ve still got a few kilos to shed but I’m not supposed to go to the gym when my muscles are still recovering so bike ride it is. By the time I persuaded myself to go after a Sunday morning routine of coffee, breakfast, gardening, reading (currently Norman Doidge – The Brain that Changes Itself), it was nearing midday so my options were limited to places a bit more local.
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After the toughest year of my life, I’ve completed the PGCE course with a Distinction. I now have Qualfied Teacher status.
Read moreSEE Resources: Powerpoint and Worksheet
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This article is a small research study whether differentiation by organisation, using paired programming activities, can increase pupil engagement and progress in Computer Science lessons
Read moreI don’t even know where to begin with the extent of evil that this corporation has exerted on the environment and people. It is well-documented in online articles, books, televised documentaries. Tracking the companies that use Monsanto products is difficult e.g. Kelloggs.
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I have created an A4 cheat sheet for most pseudocode needed for GCSE computer science.
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A review of literature, including learning theories, in the context of recent changes in the National Curriculum for Computer Science to understand what makes an effective computing lesson. Focus is on the use of starter activities.
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I’ first heard of Grindleford 25 years ago: I’d just gone through the turnstyles at Chesterfield’s (old) football ground at Saltergate and I was one of the lucky few to be chosen out of the crowd by the Police officers and be quizzed – presumably to ascertain my disposition toward violence. “Were you the one that did the off license robbery in Grindleford?” inquired the officer. I denied the accusation and gave my name before I was dismissed. I’d always been interested in this mysterious place called Grindleford, with it’s, presumably now, heavily fortified off-license.
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When I was twelve in secondary school, we had to draw fish in art class. I remember starting to draw the fish (below) and the art teacher, Mrs Johnson, got angry with me. “Do you call that a fish!” she shouted (she was quite a shouty teacher) and then held my pencil drawing up to the rest of the class and said “James Hatton thinks this is a fish – it looks nothing like a fish.”
Read moreA brief essay on anxiety – what causes it, how it affects individuals and others, how different ways of thinking or behaving affects anxiety and how anxiety can be managed.
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