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 […]
