“I taught you this last week!”

As a teacher, have you heard yourself saying this to your class, who gaze back at you with a quizzical look, desperately wanting to please you but not able to find the answer you’re looking for? Do you ever think “Is it me? or is it them?” Maybe the...

Pear Tree Number Club

I’m very excited to say that after a successful run of sessions during the summer. I will once again be running sessions to help adults with a learning disability to practise using their maths skills. It’s going to be on Wednesday afternoons in the lovely...

Have fun with the kids this summer

The summer holidays can be the time for children to recharge their batteries after long term in school. This also means  it can be the time when parents are looking for ideas to help children make the most of this free time. Remember children need this time to play...

Fearless Friday

Today our Fearless Friday question was: “What examples of ‘courage’ can you think of in ‘The Hobbit’? Our Character of the Month was Courage so we searched for examples of it in our class novel. We had a lot of respect for Bilbo Baggins,...