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The shape of things to come
I was in a classroom yesterday, observing lessons (which is part of my day job running the PGCE), and it occurred to me that the arrangement of the room was pretty near perfect! I mentioned it to my colleague and co--observer and she agreed that it was just about the nicest thing to have - your own classroom set out in the way that you want it. The perfect classroom? I'd advise all new teachers, especially the inexperienced, to argue for their own classroom base. In my final


Robot Plato - a gift for our times?
On 26 th March 2026, Melania Trump, the First Lady, walked down some red carpet in the White House, accompanied by ‘Figure 3’, a humanoid robot built in the USA. Mrs Trump (right) was hosting a roundtable event at the inaugural Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit (FFTGCS for short). The world and their robots were watching. Unlike lovable, gold-plated Star Wars character C-3PO, Figure 3 seemed (to me, at least) rather more sinister, with its smooth blank st


Troubling times for AS Latin and Classical Greek
The three main UK Classical Organizations ( The Classical Association , Classics for All and the Association for Latin Teaching ) have now published their letters in response to the announcement form Cambridge OCR examinations that it will discontinue the AS Latin and AS Classical Greek qualifications after last exams in June 2027. They hope to persuade the examinations board to change its mind. The letters, which were released on different social media platforms, are collat
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