Merry Christmas
I’m sure this exchange will be familiar to teachers the world over: “What do you do?” “I’m a teacher.” “Tck, you’re always on holiday, aren’t you?” I used to take […]
Category Archives: opinion
An emotional birth
A Father’s Day blog… Although, before I became a father, I wasn’t a pacifist, I certainly wasn’t what you’d call a violent man. Excepting one teenage drunken pub punch-up, I’d […]
Rise (and fall) of the robots
I love technology but I’m not what you’d call an early adopter. I use technology when it can make my life easier and more efficient but, when a new gadget […]
Pass on the power of reading (Part Two)
This is an edited, abridged version of the keynote speech Matt gave at Reading Matters’ Closing the Literacy Gap conference on 29 June 2017. This is part two of two…read […]
Pass on the power of reading (Part One)
This is an edited, abridged version of the keynote speech Matt gave at Reading Matters’ Closing the Literacy Gap conference on 29 June 2017. This is part one of two… […]
Closing the literacy gap
I have the privilege of speaking at the Reading Matters ‘Closing the Literacy Gap’ conference in Bradford on 29 June. Ahead of that event, and to whet your appetite, I’d […]
Developing classroom practice
This article was written for Creative Education to promote my speech at their national Teaching and Learning conference in March 2017. Think of something you’re good at. How did you become […]
The importance of reading fluency (Part 2)
This is part two of a 2-part article on reading fluency. To read part one, click here. In part one of this article, I explained the importance of fluency – […]
The importance of reading fluency (Part 1)
I’ve recently discovered Instapaper, an app which collates reading material – newspaper articles and webpages, say – and converts them into audio so that I can listen to them on […]
A leap of faith: my year of self-employment
LinkedIn lit up this week. Unbeknown to me, I’d reached a ‘work anniversary’. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I left my role as Group Director at Derby […]
