Teaching
How can you teach without your voice? Well, your students aren't going anywhere for starters. Emily from Staffroom Stories hits us with some top strategies to use when we feel our teacher voices slipping away!
Tech
How to send a web push notification using the Web Push API with React, FaunaDB and Netlify functions.
London
Money can be a scary topic to talk about normally, let alone during a pandemic which has hit many people hard financially. Here I share the breakdown of my spending across the year in 2020 and my thoughts after going through this process.
Gaming
A guide to raising your sanity in the game Don't Starve Together (DST). Check out these easy ways to keep Charlie away! Mushrooms, pigs, top hats and more!
Tutorial on how to survive Days 6-12 of the game Don't Starve Together (DST). Uncover how to set up base, grow crops and prepare for your first mob attack!
YOUR TAKE: Teaching in 2020
Sum up the year: A rollercoaster of unexpected events. Like being hit by a bus over and over. Roll on 2021. Hear from three newly qualified PE teachers in an unprecedented start to their teaching careers.
The new 'normal' for an NZ teacher in Dubai: Online learning, compulsory masks and managing two classrooms at once...wait what?
"I stopped working, packed a suitcase in one day and the next day I took a one-way flight to Greece." Could you uproot your life in a day?
Masters - check. New school - check. New house - check. Second child - check. This year was already set to be a big one. Ah. Take a seat COVID.
“We need to give our students more credit than we sometimes do.” Hear from an incredible intermediate school teacher with her take on teaching in 2020.
Teaching in 2020
Wondering how schools adapted for reopening this term? Here's a sneak peek inside a handful of London schools and their COVID-secure practices:
Bring on June and a structured return to school for Years 1 & 6 and Nursery & Reception.
What is the difference between Unicode and ASCII? And how does UTF-8 and character encodings fit in?
What happened after my school closed? With school as we knew it on hold, what did this new world of remote learning look like?
Two days before my school closed down was the most hectic day I think I’ve ever had at school. Wednesday 18th March at 2.42pm. My school was declared closed.
What a year it has been! How have us teachers faired in a schooling year far from what we know and love to hate?
It's about time we signed a twelve-month lease! What place finally got the tick? Did our flat family stay intact? Could we fulfil our life dream of living near an Aldi?
Did the perfect flat become home? Did we evade the jaws of cabin fever in lockdown? Where did the wind take us next on our London flatting adventure?
Ever thought about doing supply teaching but hesitant about taking the plunge? Here's how I found my first half term. SPOILER ALERT: No chairs were thrown (by myself or students).
Think going half a year without taking public transport around London is possible? Say hello to my good old friend: The bicycle.
The recommencement of our favourite game: Quest for the perfect (or at least 'good') flat, full of twists and tension and complete with our very own NPC.
The next chapter of our flat hunting journey with an abundance of options and two indecisive people - us!
Our first round of ups and downs in our London flatting experience from finding our first flat to finally getting settled...for a grand total of two months.
Travel
A snapshot of our experiences in England and Wales including sights, selfies, sticks, stones and slugs...thrilling stuff!
A poem inspired by the song 'The Girl in 14G' about a day that seemed to go from bad to worse...with a twist at the end!
Why do children get so muddled when it comes to writing these letters?
Tutorial on how to survive Days 1-5 of the game Don't Starve Together (DST). Learn about resources, where to explore and what to craft!
A poem about the unannounced daily cycling event around the Outer Circle.
Who knew that our first NHS experience would be during lockdown?
A true tale of two mice in our London flat.
9 tips to help you get off the ground this report writing season! No more w(h)ine 🍷 -ing. Get stuck in!
Photos of London streets during lockdown.
Money saving tips for living in London. How to save money on bills, grocery shopping, transport and more!
Miscellaneous
With the end of the world seemingly imminent, here are some scientifically-proven, expert, research-informed ways to get yourself through.
Fasten your seatbelts! Hooks are in. GraphQL & Apollo are taking over the world and react-testing-library is changing how we test React components forever.
