If you’ve done your Primary Curriculum Framework training, you’ll remember the big poster of the gingerbread man that you had to fill out. Rather than rolling up the posters and leaving them somewhere safe, I thought I might use the magic of AI to turn the posters into a vision

As it’s the holidays, I’ve hung up my hi-viz vest for a couple of weeks. Last month, I decided that I’d put myself on video, and because there’s no amount of lighting that can help me, and because I have very little time, I thought I may as well point

If you haven’t tuned in already, my chat with Deirdre O’Toole about Reading is well worth a listen https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/interview-31-deirdre-otoole

Just recorded a conversation with Dr. Ross Greene and still can’t believe I met him! If you’ve ever worked with a child who “won’t behave”, Greene flips the whole script: kids do well if they can. Not if they want to. If they can. That one idea alone has reshaped

📌 Newsletter #50 It’s hard to believe that I’ve already published 50 newsletters on my Substack account. There should be something for everyone in this issue: – Interview with Deirdre O’Toole on 7 Myths about Reading – An Education (un)Convention – Making an App in a Weekend – What should

It’s Week 8 of For the Record, where my son and I listen to a full album for a week instead of listening to the news. This week it was Harry’s Styles’ new album. Here’s what we thought: Emrys: I thought all the songs were groovy and disco-like, and made

Some friendly advice (and hopefully words of wisdom) for principals involved in the Cluster Games https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/set-allocation-day-a-principals-survival

I’m really enjoying the challenge of making simple apps that might be helpful to teachers and school leaders. This one is a far less impressive idea than the excellent SET Cluster Finder, which calculates the best SET Clusters that you can make in your area. My app simply lists every