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A foster parent called Jojo posted a comment on Come On Phone, Ring! I'm guessing Jojo is a foster mum not a foster dad, forgive me if I'm wrong. I'm also guessing that 'Jojo' is a pseudonym so we are ok to talk. Jojo touches on the pleasant anxiety of waiting for a call about y…

Are you looking for a way to dig deeper into your ELA work and incorporate more inquiry into your ELA classroom?  Like many of you, I was too!  My province is implementing a new curriculum and much of it is focused on INQUIRY.  I’m super excited about all of the possibilities and know I have to wor…

True story - the nine of us teachers who write for The Secondary English Coffee Shop aren't just random English teachers. We're friends, collaborators, and virtual co-workers who help each other through this adventure called teaching. Along the way, we've bought and used each other'…

The snake appeared quite unannounced, silently slithering over the red, dusty sand of the drive leading up to the imposing white, old colonial house, built for grandeur with little acknowledgement of the hot humid climate in which it is set. We were quite a way from the snake a…

To be on-air at the age of ninety, hosting your favourite sort of radio, is something most broadcasters dream of. Desmond Carrington managed it. When he announced in September 2016 that his last programme was to air in a month’s time, it was clear that his familiar voice occupied a special place in…

It took an item on the Victoria Derbyshire programme to get the crisis in adoption onto the agenda. They interviewed the dad in a family who'd sent an adopted child back into care, he said it was the worst decision he'd ever had to make. The scale of the problem isn't revealed by number…

Hey, y’all! This is Danielle from Nouvelle ELA , taking over the Coffee Shop this week to get real about Teaching Portfolios. Whether it’s to prepare for an annual review, to look for a new job, or just to feel great about what an amazing teacher you are, you need a Teaching Portfolio. I’m a milita…

When Neil Fox opened up on-air on the mighty Capital about the death of his father, colleagues were amazed how this familiar, powerful voice appeared suddenly so ‘honest’.  Similarly, he shared his delight on-air following the birth of each of his children. Putting to one side ‘the bullshit and th…

Waiting for the phone to ring when you're up for a new placement is definitely one of the most exciting things in fostering. We're up for welcoming a new child into our home, in fact we're ready to welcome maybe two; a parent and child might be needing one of our beds - and a cot. Speak…

I'm hopping mad. It's a Monday morning and foster child came downstairs dressed for school and said; "Did you know that toast can give you cancer?" I'd seen it on the BBC news site on my ipad so I knew what she was talking about. She saw it on her phone. Christmas, don't …