Blog / Staffroom Note
The first ten minutes are not a warm-up
Before the lesson properly begins, teachers are already reading the room: energy, mood, absences, unfinished conversations and the shape of attention.
Blog
Staffroom Notes
Shorter pieces about teaching, schools and the details that are easy to miss when the day moves too quickly.
Staffroom Notes
Short-form pieces with enough substance to become longer essays, guides or features later.
First-person blog
What I wish someone had told me about the staffroom
The staffroom is not just a place between lessons. It is where teachers exchange warnings, jokes, small acts of rescue and the knowledge that never makes it into a handbook.
Ideas note
Why teachers need fewer perfect plans
Planning matters. So does leaving enough room for the classroom to tell you what the plan missed.
Observation
A school day has more silence than we think
The most revealing moments in a classroom are not always the loud ones. Silence can signal concentration, uncertainty, relief or a student deciding whether to speak.
Teaching note
The smallest classroom decisions
Where a student sits, which question gets another minute and when a teacher chooses not to interrupt can change the direction of a lesson.
Editorial note
The meeting that ate the school day
Coordination is supposed to protect time. But a meeting-heavy school can slowly turn coordination into the work itself.