SKILLS COUNT: EVALUATION MATTERS!

We need to get children and young people to develop their own ideas and make judgments and decisions...

REMEMBER THAT WE LEARN WHAT WE LIVE!

I sat in a meeting with an OFSTED colleague this morning and afterwards reflected on that wonderful piece 'A Child Learns What They Live' by Dorothy Law Nolte.

BE HAPPY THIS SUNDAY!

BE PERSISTENT, DISCIPLINED AND WORK HARD, STAY CONNECTED, VOLUNTEER AND GIVE!

The Longevity Project is the most comprehensive longitudinal evidence for how to live long and prosper. As I have said for a long time we simply need to be persistent, disciplined and work hard for as long as we possibly can, stay connected with friends and colleagues and volunteer and give to others whenever and whatever we can.

SKILLS MATTER!

We need to remember that knowledge and skills work together to achieve anything worthwhile...

ALWAYS BELIEVE...

BRILLIANT: Get Up to Speed With Engineering & Manufacturing 2013

This brilliant event, which took place at The Blue Shed on 17th April, was specifically designed for young people and their families and teachers to see some of the fastest vehicles, innovations and people on earth first hand, hear from and talk to those involved in their successes and learn about how their success has been achieved and the fundamental role design, engineering and manufacturing have played in that success.

CAREER DETECTIVES!

I met Joseph Leech this morning. Joseph who is a director at 'biggreenfox' wanted to show me the game he has developed.

INVENTING THE FUTURE: The Cutlers' Education Committee

I was in Sheffield again this morning meeting with the Cutlers' Education Committee to look at how we continue to develop the work we have been doing this year with Bradfield School, Firth Park Community Arts College, Stocksbriodge High School and Yewlands Technology College.

27 WAYS TO BE A BETTER TEACHER!

HAPPY SUNDAY... SAY IT WITH FLOWERS!

McKINSEY REPORT: ‘How the world’s best performing school systems come out on top’

We need to develop more evidence based approaches to improving teaching and learning. I have been re-reading ‘How the world’s best performing school systems come out on top’, which McKinsey & Company published in 2007 and which examined the common characteristics of high-performing school systems.

McKINSEY REPORT: ‘How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better’

In 2010 McKinsey & Company published ‘How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better’ which analysed twenty systems from around the world and examined how each has achieved significant, sustained and widespread gains in student outcomes.