A great find for me, during my travels in South east Asia, has been http://anakbrunei.blogspot.com/
Muhammad Malik, who runs the site, is a man with a bit of style! He takes a mean picture too. I read more blogs these days and have to say his is one where I look forward to updates.
Brunei is one of [...]

For those of you who have been on a course with “Baldylocks and the Three Hairs”, or have seen a lesson:
 
For those of you that haven’t: why not?!
It’ll only make sense if you do…
Thank you Tory. You make the best!!

Before I arrived here, it had been raining heavily for a few days. There are no signs of the much talked of floods now though. They were soaked up as fast as they came. It did rain heavily last night, however. I have not seen such huge, warm raindrops since my time in West Africa. [...]

Here’s a great site, full of resources that you can use as a visual stimulus:

www.panoramas.dk
Don’t forget to take the time to stand still in each QTVR (Quick time virtual reality) Panorama and write or discuss – before you even think about moving. It is the first movement that creates a bit of [...]

Total concentration!

I am glad to say that it still surprises me just how quiet and totally “on-task” a class can be when writing about their experiences during one of our “walks”
The room is filled with nothing but the sound of fervent scribbling.
That and the subtle and entirely believable soundtrack from the game itself.
The landscapes we [...]

It hit me again that it is strange that what I am doing is labelled as “I.C.T.” The IT element is invisible really, especially when it is swamped by a tidal wave of speaking and listening. These visual literacy ideas are perfect for so many settings, including those with a high percentage of E.A.L. children (English [...]

I have been fortunate to work with many nationalities during my teaching career. I didn’t think that, when visiting South East Asia, I would end up working with, mainly, Nepalese children though. The children at Hornbill school are from the families of the Ghurka regiment based here on Borneo island. It would be hard to [...]

I originally flew out to Asia to present at a conference in Vietnam. Sadly, it now looks unlikely that I will be getting to Ho Chi Minh City as planned. I have been looking forward to this opportunity for quite a while now and hope that I will get the chance at another date to [...]

 
(Anybody that is subscribed via RSS feed to this blog: I apologise if the next few entries are rambling diary entries from “an excitable tourist-y-type, teacher-y bloke lucky enough to come out and do work-y type things in South East Asia” That is purely because I am “an excitable tourist-y-type, teacher-y bloke lucky enough to come [...]

(Well perhaps that is a slightly ironic play on words as Brunei is, infact, a dry nation.)  
Brunei is on the island of Borneo in South East Asia (not, as some people think, a country in the Gulf region. Although I did travel through that area yesterday: Dubai)
I am looking forward to a few days [...]

It was with a slight feeling of trepidation that I made my way to, what is normally, one of my favourite parts of the country. Severe weather warnings were in place but my trip to Bridgend was without significant mishap. Bryngrw House is a delightful place to stay. A delicious meal whilst looking out across [...]

Another good trip back to Bexley today and a training day with Barrington Primary school, joined by colleagues from nearby Orchard school. I was impressed that so many governors also joined the day and contributed with perceptive enthusiasm.
We had a day of exploring and spent a while trying to work out what the little rabbit-like [...]