Under Cover

Cover Lessons: how to plan and resource them

One of the worst things about being unwell is setting cover. Everyone has those ghastly days of knowing they are too ill to function in the unforgiving environment of a school. This increases at the thought of trying to set meaningful cover work for 5 or 6 classes. There are very few jobs in which […]

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Things keep changing…

This week I’ve been thinking about changes in language. The heart ♥ emoji was chosen as global word for 2014.You might like to talk to your pupils about the first photo in this article from the Guardian, particularly as Valentine’s Day approaches? The article says: ‘Is there a global word for 2014, uniting us all, no […]

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