We don’t need scripts to facilitate great learning   A couple of years ago, I wrote a middle grade fiction book about a group of year sixes who rebel against their android teacher because they don’t like the rigid rules and strict regime that come into effect when she starts as a substitute teacher. I was driven to write my book by a curiosity – what would my class of rambunctious year 4/5/6 students do if they had a robot for a teacher?  Now I find myself contemplating a rel

I recently emerged from 15 years of teaching in a Montessori setting to step back into the mainstream education system. It felt as though I’d emerged from a long hibernation, one where I’d been sheltered from the wild weather of educational debates and fads that came and went. It’s not to say that we didn’t use new ideas, resources and content from the wider education world – we most definitely did. And outside influences – such as the rise of technology and social media use

This photo is of the 'skyspace' art installation 'Within Without' by James Turrell which I saw a few months back at the NGA in...