Skills with Frills

QUICK READ: 5 Teaching strategies to benefit the shy and socially anxious

As a former socially-anxious student, now in the position of a teacher, I’ve gathered some good…
QUICK READ: Top 5 confidence hacks for students

5 trusty techniques that have really helped me to feel super confident just as nerves were…
Supporting mental illness and anxiety in the classroom

The role of educators when it comes to students battling poor mental health.
Mental illness and anxiety in the classroom

The role of educators when it comes to students battling poor mental health.
Skills for Success

An introduction to FISHING NET skills: the transferable life-skills that everything else rests on.
Teacher Wellbeing: My top ten TED talks

Ten of my favourite TED talks, guaranteed to inspire and motivate!
Brave new world: Act II (a plan is formed)

Why I’m currently loving supply teaching while at the same time turning business ideas into realities.
Brave new world: Act I (leaving my job)

My reasons for deciding to leave the security of a permanent teaching job and go it…
Slow writing? Quick progress for weak writers.

A great technique to encourage creative writing for special needs and low ability writers.
A simple and effective way to learn from our mistakes

A quick lesson idea which allows students to see mistakes as a means to deeper learning.