Projects

Conferences and Books

Conferences, appearances and writing that Maggie has been involved in since the company has started. More will appear here soon. Every opportunity has been great fun. Each opportunity has developed my learning further. The BETT show in 2014. I was part of an ‘Ask the Expert’ group for NAACE Published an article in […]

Roamer visits Russia

Roamer will be making its first appearance this term in an international school in Moscow. During the first term the children in year 5 will get to learn how to use Roamer via a literacy unit on instructional writing. They will be writing a variety of different instructions on how to make the Roamer move. […]

Flipped Classroom

We are a company that believes in taking a risk and challenging boundaries. Therefore, when the call came through on Twitter for someone to donate an ipad to help a newly qualified teacher (NQT) to develop resources for a flipped classroom project, we could not resist.

Learning to podcast and blog

In June 2013 I had the chance to return to St Mary’s Primary School in Shropshire. This school was involved with Oliver Goldsmith Primary in the earlier mentioned evacuation project.

Working with young unemployed adults

In May 2013 I was given the opportunity to work with a group of young people who are currently out of work. The two day workshop was designed by me to help develop self-confidence and was run in the ‘Old Library’ in West Norwood.

Evacuation Project – June 2011

Maggie first came up with the idea of a WW2 evacuation project for inner city school children around 2007. Working in partnership with the Headteacher at St. Mary’s Primary School Bucknell, they came up with an effective plan to implement this project.

Course leader was outstanding – providing practical strategies and creative ideas."

Year Two Teacher

An outstanding course leader who provided good insight and practical teaching strategies, she also provided lots of cross-curricular ideas too."

Newly Qualified Teacher, Primary Academy

This course opened pathways into science that I never realised were there. One activity on the course involved fruit. We had to make a list of adjectives on what we could see, not touch or taste. This was a perfect example of how to begin an investigation in the classroom; start with the visual aspect and then move onto other senses/experiences to build on, evaluate and cement our first thoughts/findings. I have applied this approach in the classroom (reception class) while teaching about minibeasts: we started by reading a book about spiders; described the spider in the book; looked at and discussed a picture of a real spider; talked about what spiders can do and how they do it; went outside to try and capture a spider discussing where they might live; finally caught one and the children intuitively went to find food and made a habitat for it in the container; took the spider into the classroom and are now studying his behaviour and appearance first-hand. This in depth investigative process took little time to prepare and deliver. It also helped the children to overcome their fear of spiders and helped adjust their preconceptions. The course definitely challenged my thinking about science and has made it a much more enjoyable experience for the children I teach and for me. For them it's fun, informative and hands-on, they cant believe that it's actually a lesson. The outcomes and observations produced are outstanding. I can't believe the amount of information they could absorb in such a little amount of time.

Peter Farmer ~ Reception Teacher CIS Moscow

Maggie was an outstanding course leader who was informative and provided realistic content."

Carly, KS2 Teacher and Science Co-ordinator

Went to Technology To Teach's course on developing self-confidence not knowing what to expect at all. I was very impressed! She turned a roomful of awkward young people (myself DEFINITELY included!) into a group of warm acquaintances, laughing and joking, sharing experiences and ideas. It was quite an innovative form of teaching, compared to what I've previously experienced - focusing on IT communication solutions, visual aids and good old fashioned discussion. After every session I went home with a spring in my step, and a smile on my face. Also, I've since successfully done a presentation to thirty business people and government executives! If you have the opportunity to work with Maggie, take it up - so, so worthwhile.

Rhian - course attendee