KateDec 4, 20186 minReliving my Cambridge Interview...Ten Years OnOn a cold and grey December day in 2008, I took my first steps to becoming a Cambridge student. Now, with interviews taking place at my...
KateOct 24, 20185 minTeaching to fail: Raising resilience in the classroom I recently came across a 2010 article by Warwick Mansell on the TES website, explaining how an increase in "spoon-feeding" students in...
KateOct 15, 20188 minTeach. Sleep. Travel. Repeat. At the top of a mountain in the Italian Alps, I am running through the imperfect tense of the verb "to be" in Latin. eram, eras, erat,...
KateOct 5, 20183 minMy favourite things about being a teacher - World Teachers' DayOn World Teachers' Day, I consider some of my favourite things about being a teacher, and think about the opportunities, friendships and...
KateOct 3, 20186 min"Are you actually a teacher?" - My experiences as a (very) young teacherMay 2012, aged 21 years and 3 months. I’m standing outside a classroom, in an unfamiliar school, in an unfamiliar city, waiting for a...