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It's National Poetry Month , and the Coffee Shop gang has gathered to share their best tips for teaching poetry. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so join the conversation and share your tried-and-true strategies in the comments.  Poetry can be a daunting subject for both teachers and stude…

People often ask me why I started fostering. It's a hard question to answer, but only because if I decide to answer it honestly it ends up sounding as though I'm actually asking whoever has asked the question why they themselves haven't started fostering. So, seriously; "If you ha…

When Brian Matthew first broadcast in 1948, a quarter of UK homes had no electricity and there was but one TV channel.    This was the World into   which Brian Matthew's radio career was born. He was to become one of the BBC radio's longest serving on-air personalities. Brian's early br…

The peacock walks majestically in the dry, brown, sparse grass, holding his head high in the magnificence of his plumage, as the peahen hustles around with others of her like, a sociable and busy group. They live here, in this oasis, fast becoming bordered on all sides by rattling roads and gargant…

One of the most vital, yet (as is the case in my own teaching) most overlooked, element of the learning process is embedding meaningful reflection throughout the journey.  Personally, I have always battled to just fit my curriculum into the time allotted (anyone relate?). Therefore engaging, authe…

The BBC Trust is dead. April 3 rd 2017 sees Ofcom become the BBC's first external regulator.  Accordingly, Ofcom’s developing an 'Operating Framework' for the BBC, covering regulation of the BBC’s performance, compliance with content standards and impact on competition. The BBC is requ…