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Welcome to Tea & Learning!
About us:
We began our training year together in 2017, and braved the tough times of PGCE with many mugs of tea, diet coke, and late-night planning sessions on Skype. We both got our first jobs teaching in the same city but in schools at opposite ends of the spectrum, so our highs and lows of teaching since graduation have been quite different! Nonetheless, we are united by an absolute love of our subject and always return to a mutual fondness for King John. As of September 2019, we are proudly – but hesitantly – RQT.
We began this blog as a space where we could continue to share our ideas with each other (and, as we’re being 10% braver, with others). We want to compare strategies, share resources, and consciously develop our practise as we go through our careers. It is aimed primarily at teachers at the same stage as us, but anyone who finds it useful is very welcome.
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10% braver
10% prouder
10% louder
10% Braver: Inspiring women to lead education, ed., Vivienne Porritt, Keziah Fetherstone (2019)
Recent blog posts …
How important is pre-1830 history to studying the Plains?: A review of Jeffrey Ostler, Surviving Genocide
I recently finished Jeffrey Ostler’s new book, Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas, and it’s excellent, in my opinion. Just like the research I did for the “women in the West” blog, reading Surviving Genocide drove home just how essential it is to find the time…
Useful films/documentaries/clips that I love: Part 2
I am always on the lookout for films, documentaries and clips that can explain historical events better than I can, or offer different perspectives and convey a message. With that in mind, I thought it would be useful to share a collection of my favourite ones with an explanation of how I use them and…
In Conversation With … @JThompsonMilne: Tackling student behaviours as an NQT
Q1: How has your classroom management developed since the start of NQT? J: The thing that I think is really important to acknowledge when it comes to behaviour management in NQT, and moving forward, is that you start off quite defensive. You go into your NQT year being told that students will test you, it…
Critical analysis and racism
There are many conversations happening at the moment regarding the state of diverse and representative curricula. We are both very firmly of the belief that history is not accurate unless it is representative and that every scheme of work should meet this standard. It would be quite surprising if there were any history teachers who…
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