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Jun 7, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Melissa Benn |David Voisin |John Lawson
Secondary An increased sensitivity to matters of wellbeing in schools has invited problematic ‘solutions’ peddled by bad actors, warns John Lawson by The social media platform ‘X’, formerly Twitter, occasionally throws up posts that prompt a change in our mindset. So it was was when I saw an astute educator recently share the modern aphorism that ‘Hurt people, hurt people.’Some traumas and challenges are inescapable. Most of us really aren’t okay every day.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | John Lawson |Melissa Benn |James Handscombe
Secondary Unlock the potential of your school assembly with these inspiring and engaging motivational ideas, tailored for both primary and secondary students… Primary school assembly resources Teamwork assembly If you need a way to inject some whizz, pop and bang into your next school assembly, try this Roald Dahl themed option, based around teamwork.
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Apr 27, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Helen Mears |John Lawson
Secondary John Lawson reflects on how the best teachers turn us into better people, via values and philosophies that are still applicable decades on… by 42 years ago, on a balmy September evening, I embarked on a barmy 7-year quest to become a Roman Catholic priest. I remember sitting in a chapel, clutching a battered breviary bedecked with ribbons, listening to the red-necked rector ranting about academic and spiritual commitment, and the reckless challenge of celibacy.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | John Lawson |Charlotte Lander |Ed Carlin
Secondary Ed Carlin shares his thoughts on the perpetual struggle to balance effective behaviour management with dignity and grace by There’s a peculiar dance that teachers can often find themselves performing in the classroom – one requiring a delicate balance between authority and empathy, discipline and understanding.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | John Lawson |Ed Carlin |Charlotte Lander
Secondary What kind of daily support are you and your colleagues experiencing from each other, asks Charlotte Lander – and is it enough? by Working in a school means we’re surrounded by others on a day-to-day basis. Yet the proximity of our colleagues, and the familiarity of our pupils, doesn’t mean there won’t be times when we feel alone. In whichever capacity we work with students, our roles require an element of performance.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Shirley Lawes |Daniel Harvey |John Lawson |Melissa Benn
Secondary As the teacher recruitment crisis continues to spiral, what will it take for policymakers to finally give the profession the respect it deserves? by With all the pre-election furore surrounding immigration, you might think the government would be clamping down on anyone from outside the UK coming to work in Britain these days. Far from it. In some sectors, the government is desperate to recruit from abroad.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | John Lawson |Daniel Harvey
Secondary Daniel Harvey examines the spread of vaping in school – how often it happens, why it happens and how it might be tackled… by Last month we found out that the government apparently recognises the malign impact mobile phones can have on a school’s culture and standards of behaviour, and has felt moved to produce some new guidelines for schools to refer to.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Thomas J. Booth |John Lawson
Secondary As any educator worth their salt knows, the one area you can never compromise on is classroom behaviour, writes John Lawson… by There’s a sign in the reception area of my local GP, unequivocally stating that ‘Verbal and physical abuse of any kind will not be tolerated, and will be strenuously prosecuted.’ These days, similar such messages can often be found displayed in shops, restaurants, pubs and offices.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Adam Riches |John Lawson
Secondary Teachers must be specialists, but also passionate advocates, says John Lawson – because if you don’t love your subject, why should your students? by For A-grade teachers, some knowledge is useful to know and some is essential. Allow me to share one such essential that most teachers I meet don’t seem aware of. It came from an epiphany I wish had transpired years earlier, as it stirred my soul and instantly reshaped my pedagogical philosophy from then on.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
teachwire.net | Melissa Benn |Nicole Dempsey |Jennifer Hampton |John Lawson
Secondary Gareth Sturdy weighs up the government’s decision to try and enact a blanket ban on smartphones in schools… by “The distraction, the disruption, the bullying…”. That was the grave lamentation with which Education Secretary Gillian Keegan set the tone for her blanket phone ban in schools at the 2023 Conservative Party conference. She painted a picture of schools virtually overwhelmed by pupils clutching phones, struggling to cope with their wholly negative impact.
