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By Room 213 How many times have you had to hold your tongue when someone comments that it must be nice to work from nine to three and get summers off?  It's a hard comment to take when you're spending hours and hours grading and planning, often ignoring time with family, friends and yoursel…

I've been asked this question on "Meet The Secret Foster Carer"; Hello there, I've just come across your blog as I am doing ongoing research about it, as it has always been something I've wanted to do. I say 'ongoing' because I am about to have our second child, so it …

When something terrible like the Manchester bombing happens, children wonder about it, and worry. Nowadays they don't just watch TV reports, it's all over the internet and social media. Some schools conduct special assemblies or lessons to help explain, if an explanation is possible, and to…

We know what’s coming……as when you are walking along the narrow country lane and you hear the unmissable sound of a gargantuan four-wheel drive motoring along at a speed that is totally inappropriate to the conditions, and it’s coming towards you but the steep banks afford no hand or toe hold. ‘I m…

We're having a nice breather in the house at the moment. There's a spare room, which we're all agreed can be filled anytime; one of fostering's great joys is wondering who's coming next. What happens is you get a phone call asking if you would "Take a child who..." The…

As English teachers, we romanticize the idea of curling up with a book poolside... but our students probably don't. Even if they do, they likely do not appreciate the required reading books that we (or our department heads) choose for them. Further, more research seems to support reading choice…

We can only judge on what we know about the BBC Radio Leeds competition . And the majority of us know no more than what we have heard.  The content appears thoroughly out of order and unwise. Many of the station's audience would have found it particularly so, given the headlines of that appalli…

Have you tried incorporating puzzles and games in your ELA classroom? Well, I’m here today to talk about my favorite ways to do so, and the benefits I see in students. Using puzzles and games in the high school classroom is a great way to build collaboration, critical thinking, and a growth mindset…

GCSEs start today. Exams are stressful every time, for students and teachers alike. And parents. But they seem especially stressful for foster children and foster parents. I'm not pulling rank here and saying our job is harder than the average parent. Oh who am I kidding; that's exactly wha…