Primary Education

Featured Articles

Explore a featured selection of my Primary Education writing work below.

Teachwire • 15th August 2024

Experiential learning – Boost learning with active participation

You can’t learn to ride a bike via a worksheet – sometimes you just need to get on and peddle. Here’s why experiential learning should be central to your offering in school, not just an optional add-on…

Teachwire • 8th April 2024

Challenging behaviour – The best ways to deal with it

Want to learn how to deal with challenging behaviour in your classroom? Read on to discover the importance of consistency in behaviour management and how to deal with defiant, abusive or disruptive pupils…

Teachwire • 1st November 2023

Adaptive teaching – What it looks like & why it's important

While many of us are familiar with differentiation, adaptive teaching seeks to go further and iron out some of differentiation’s unintended consequences.

Teachwire • 11th October 2023

School day – 6 inventive ways to start yours

Karaoke is a great way to increase fluency in reading and have fun at the same time. You can structure it in a range of ways: singing in house groups or teams to win points, or having each child delivering one line of the song at a time, passing the mic in between.

Teachwire • 21st February 2023

Activities to teach kindness – 6 ideas

If pupils feel wanted and safe then they are more likely to achieve, so try these activities to teach kindness to help children thrive in your classroom.

Teachwire • 21st June 2022

Problem-solving skills – six ways to teach them to your class

If we want pupils to be able to really dissect a problem, then they need to think in nonlinear ways.

Primary School Management • 27th September 2019

Attract the Best and Brightest

Making sure you get the perfect fit.

Primary School Management • 27th September 2019

Be an Engine For Creativity

How primary schools can ensure their arts provision enables pupils to realise their true talents.

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About Me

I'm a flexible, insightful writer, specialising in education and creativity.

Based in Shropshire, my work has been featured in publications nationwide. The TES, Teach Secondary, Juno and Primary School Management are among some of my clients.

I write long and short form, to brief and from my own self-devised pitches. I regularly take on commissions and would love to hear about your project. I have a dynamic and holistic approach to ensure the results you want are focused and achieved.

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