Any ramblings on any topic that takes my fancy. Here you’ll find reviews of books, TV, films, music etc that I’ve enjoyed recently.
Sports Day*
*or don’t worry folks, the heat wave will be over soon1. Ah Sports Day, that annual event despised by many teachers and students, but equally adored by others. At my previous school, we2 tried to make Sports Day a more exclusive event by including sports such as Ultimate Frisbee3 and Rounders. Of course the usual…
To SM or not to SM…
Social Media is in the news in the U.K. again. The Government has introduced legislature to ban social media for all under 16s, starting from Spring 2027. Australia paved the way for this, but now many other countries are joining in and looking at either banning or severely curtailing social media use for teenagers1. Note…
Resilience
A very good friend of mine is currently doing some work as an invigilator1 and last week, when we were in the pub, he started to tell some stories about what he’d seen. Our conversation lead to a bigger issue for our young people today, and what we, as teachers can do about it: resilience,…
David Watkins 
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