Early Retirement via the BBC?
It seems the BBC have ‘retired’ me, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44625909 but I shall NOT retire dear reader, oh no there is much to be done!
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Brexit and your Child’s Education: Your Chance to Help a writer
I won’t pretend I am a fan of Brexit, I am not. I have asked for one good economic reason to justify Brexit and not had one. One MP did write on his blog that…
A F*R*E*E* Times Table Pack
Here is something that you can download and use with little ones to develop their understanding of tables. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/table-patterns-lesson-one-investigating-the-two-times-table-11751706
Thank you BBC
If you have not heard, here in the UK all children are to be tested by the government on their times tables. So I went onto the BBC today to talk about it and not…
It is still the Christmas Holidays for Year 11 and Year 13
As I write this it is the 27th Dec and if you have year 11 and/or year 13, make sure they rest. This is effectively their last restful holiday before the exams in six months…
Happy Christmas
Just to say a very happy Christmas for 2017 to you and yours. I will be on the radio on Christmas morning, on Solid goldgem.am (www.solidgoldgem.am) so I hope you can join me there for…
Wales and Mathematics
Welsh Education minister Kirsty Williams is to give details today of a new mathematics iniotiative to improve mathematics education in Wales. This is an exciting move for us at Lawler Education/Studymates and we await eagerly…
Your Child’s Mathematics Education
In the autumn/fall of 2015 we are making the lives of teenagers far harder than ever before. This is what raising standards in education actually means. It means that exams will be harder. In mathematics…
We are forgetting how to care
One of the hardest things to do as a teacher is help young people develop values. Today, as I write I have knowledge of lies and rudeness from a British University to a person applying…
A Four Letter Word: PUBLIC WARNING
PUBLIC WARNING PUBLIC WARNING PUBLIC WARNING PUBLIC WARNING Yes I am going to mention a four letter word and that is WORK. Sorry to state the obvious but as we head into exam season all…