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A, B, C – Art, bubbles, carers

Thank you very much to all who contributed posts to Week 9. Caring emerged as a strong theme this week, both as caring for people and caring about doing things. I was particularly interested in Adrienne McDermid-Thomas’s post about art therapy. My

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Stress, a little grrrr, blue light and some other colours

Stress, emergency services, healthcare, and art featured in Week 8’s posts but we will start with music. Carol Woolley’s post about a choral evening A Valentines musical treat (I’ve included a video of Thank You for the Music by Abba because it

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Fighting talk, scrutiny, Spinal Tap, and the odd zombie

The themes that emerged in Week 50 included the importance of being local (heritage and networks), scrutiny, communicating in better ways, and how to do things. Mark Braggins started the week by looking at some of the images of his

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Trojan horses, writing ghosts, and aiming for the Moon

The posts in Week 46 were as varied as ever but with a strong emphasis on healthcare and training, with some ghosts of writing (but no ghost writing), the odd Trojan horse and bovine brain, and some sport thrown in.

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Being observed

Louise writes about delivering her first lesson, as part of her training to be a maths teacher, and about what she learned as well as what she taught. Being observed by Louise.

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A mo, a splash, Houdini – and more

I must admit that I wished for a story that featured a crowd (or accumulating wealth) and one with a mat in it so I could have titled this post “A mo, a mass, a mat” because the start of

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Can you calculate percentage increases and decreases?

Louise is doing a maths PGCE course and shares what she did in a micro teach session, and how she assessed what people had learned. I think I might need to bookmark this lesson because I still forget how to

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A new era for apprenticeships…apparently

Some robust views by Samuel-James Wilson on David Cameron’s recent announcement about work training schemes for young people and “a new era for apprenticeships,” with an example of why things need to improve from when he was doing brick-laying at

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Technological inspiration at #tmbucks

A new blog from Louise Brown this week as she shares with us her experiance of studying for a PGCE. Not only has Louise had her first day at college but she has also attended a Teach Meet Bucks event

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Hope, History and Guerilla Gardening

Hello lovely bloggers, it’s me Kate Bentham, sitting in the Weekly Blog Club hot seat this week, and phew isn’t hot! I bet it’s that hot it’s even giving Ross Wigham a break from the snow. I’m not complaining mind you,

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