It’s not really news, I know, but it’s always good to see reaffirmation of the benefits of exercise on learning and the brain - like this article in the Independent. One aspect I hadn’t seen articulated quite so directly concerns the role exercise plays in reducing aggression. Perhaps that explains why, almost without exception, martial […]

A child starts planning the storyboard, while another begins cutting some archived film. Two other classmates seek out some images on the net. Each student in this group, like all those students who attend Islay High School, are using their own Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), which they bring to and from school to provide a […]

Gaming technology offers many new ways in to getting young people engaged with history, geography, language… Musselburgh Grammar School’s PE department has seen that there could be promise in getting young people fit through their lunchtime Wii sessions. Unfortunately, it’s only for S1 and S2 students. Quite how Mr Bray’s going to get in is […]

Just last week I was introduced to Ben Saunders, who responded with a courteous and short email along the lines of: “I’m a little busy at the moment but would love to meet up for a pint.” He was, in fact, four days away from starting his 30-day dash to North Pole. Alone.
An attempt to […]

Enthusiasts of dance and martial arts might enjoy this. After watching it, I felt even more wooden than I usually do.

Today I received an email from the RSA alerting me to an interesting event which I simply can’t attend. Why do I enlist for newletters from organisations 400 miles away? The main reason is to remind me to keep in touch with what these interesting organisations are doing. By visiting the Index of audio lectures […]

Following on from the videos of cup- and dice-stacking on Ollie’s blog, may I suggest you try this fun little clip? It takes about a minute to get going but stay with it as, by the end, it is extremely dexterous.

Morna Crombie from Curriculum for Excellence and pupils from St Stephen’s Primary School in Dalmuir in Clydebank demonstrate interdisciplinary learning with a short drama combining food and health, physical activity and maths.
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