Stacey Lloyd

The following is a guest post by my good friend Nick; you can read more about the author here.   Something quite profound happened to me last week while my wife Suzie and I were taking a post-work stroll. The sun paused in its descent just long enough to bathe the last, blissful hours of the day in the glorious golden light you can see in the photo above. We meandered down a dirt track, passing beautifully painted huts, a few herds of sheep, numerous cows, some goats (don’t look too closely at goats, they are frightening beasts), some ducks, d[...]

Incorporating movement and physical activity into the classroom is a great way to keep students engaged and focused, and helps to stave off boredom. In primary school, students are often moving regularly, yet when they get to secondary school we seem to expect them to sit still for extended periods whilst still retaining focus. Below are five ways in which I try to keep my students moving in class. 1. Between activities, have students stand up and move around. This can be as simple as having students shake out their limbs, or do some jumping jacks and then sit[...]

I have a wonderful friend who is currently a student teacher. I absolutely love chatting to her about her experiences and questions, as she challenges me to reflect on my own practice: to re-evaluate my strategies; to work out what it is I do and why; to tweak what isn’t working. Her questions are always intelligent, thought-provoking and full of exciting curiosity – she is going to make an exceptional teacher. A few weeks ago she asked me how to get students to ‘come to the party’; how to entice them to engage and participate in the learning experience s[...]