A Teacher's Christmas Carol
(A version of this was published in the TES December 2021) ‘It’s Christmas Day’ said Scrooge to himself, ‘I haven’t missed it.’ I wonder...
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Chris Eyre
Nov 44 min read
'But I won't do that...' (3 things I don't do!)
The late Mr Loaf famously said he would do anything for love but not that, I was never totally sure what ‘that’ was. My new freelance...
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Chris Eyre
Sep 203 min read
Give 'P's a chance!
How do we deal with the stresses and strains of teaching? I have written at length about these issues but you’re a teacher and you're...
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Chris Eyre
Jun 93 min read
Nurturing Democracy
‘Politics is broken’ claims the online post. It’s not completely wrong and some of the responsibility for that lies with some...
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Chris Eyre
May 104 min read
The Parable of the Lost Student
I believe in the parable of the lost sheep – it is a fantastic message that no one is beyond grace, no one should be written off. A...
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Chris Eyre
Jan 94 min read
Should I stay or should I go?
It is that time of year when understandably many of us get itchy feet. We have had a couple of weeks downtime and the thought of going...
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Chris Eyre
Feb 26, 20235 min read
The Strange Case of the Experience Machine and the Covid cohort
The philosopher Robert Nozick has a famous thought experiment involving an experience machine or pleasure machine. He asks us to imagine...
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Chris Eyre
Oct 20, 20224 min read
A Level RS - why we went with OCR
Recently there have been lots of discussions online about the relative merits of different boards for RS A level. I thought it would be...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 22, 20222 min read
'So Chris, what exactly do you do?'
A few people have asked me the above question recently or have shown an interest in how the freelance journey is going 3 years on. When I...
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Chris Eyre
Aug 17, 20223 min read
The return of Results Day. A brief guide
After 2 Covid years we may have forgotten what a real results day feels like. In the midst of students jumping up into the air...
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Chris Eyre
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Does this come with an off switch?
During my last visit to sunny Hampshire in 2016 I spoke about some of the key issues from 'the Elephant in the Staffroom' which was...
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Chris Eyre
Apr 21, 20223 min read
'My take on the issue is this...'
This post is my honest and deepest thoughts on [INSERT the latest trending spat on social media/sofa discussion on daytime TV] …....
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Chris Eyre
Feb 13, 20223 min read
Here's to all the Drummers
A long time ago – thankfully before the age of Youtube and social media – I used to do a bit of music; there was a very brief band with a...
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Chris Eyre
Jan 19, 20224 min read
The case for taking a weekly Sabbath
One of my Christmas reads was a book called ‘the Ruthless Elimination of Hurry’ by an American pastor called John Mark Comer. It’s not...
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Chris Eyre
Jan 17, 20224 min read
A case for Liberalism
Conservative or Socialist? Right Wing or Left Wing? It may be that other options are available. I'd like to make a case for Liberalism....
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Chris Eyre
Jan 11, 20224 min read
How conservative are you really?
You can take the title one of two ways. Perhaps you have always voted Conservative for various reasons but are you really, truthfully...
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Chris Eyre
Jan 11, 20226 min read
Boris Johnson's midterm report -1,000 days in
(Written late December 2021 - with a few March 2022 edits as the Johnson government passes 1,000 days!) How is the Johnson government...
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Chris Eyre
Nov 24, 20215 min read
Freelancing reflections - the one about productivity
I’ve always been interested in organisation and time management - I wonder if the word I am looking for is Productivity. I included some...
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Chris Eyre
Nov 1, 20213 min read
Dishwasher - communication lessons
After months of washing up by hand we have replaced our dead dishwasher. Although not a top of the range model, it came with a 40 page...
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Chris Eyre
Oct 28, 20214 min read
Nuance not noise
If you do any sort of logic, philosophy or critical thinking course, you will come across the false dilemma, otherwise known as the...
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