Tag: Education
Doodling is good for you
Doodling is good for you. Doodling is good for the brain and for your creativity. As you doodle, the left hand side of the brain begins to go to sleep and all those annoying thoughts about what, where, when and how, fade away. The the magical process begins. The right side of the brain, given…
How to draw a Ninja
Many people have asked me to draw a ninja. This week I went to Whitchurch school to “borrow” some children to try a Ninja Writing idea out on. It didn’t quite work out as I’d planned, but we did come up with a very crazy story! Beforehand I had to do a lot of practicing…
The Shocking Truth About Literacy Testing
Authors, travelling around schools, see stuff – stuff that inspectors would never see or even bother to look for, because inspectors are looking for what they want to see. I keep seeing the Green, Amber and Red colours of testing software printouts. This software works out where to put the most resources to achieve the…
