Teacher Centric Leadership
Once you allow teachers to spread their wings and flex their individual creative feathers, then professional growth is easier to connect with each teacher.
Are comics the villains or heroes of classroom reading?
In this article Liam Benjamin describes their potential, arguing that comics have a place in the English curriculum and providing examples of how he has used them to develop response to text.
Creating your own media empire
Creating your own media empire - how to develop a school magazine. Have you ever considered running a school magazine? In this article, Liam Benjamin explains how a visual media club, at Sandwich Junior School in Kent, evolved to do just that.
Writing with Music
Exposing children to a range of different musical influences has benefits beyond broadening children's musical horizons. It can also provide an engaging context for developing literacy skills.
Breaking through the language barrier
Liam Benjamin explores the challenge of providing access and sustaining pupil interest in English texts when working with Chinese-speaking children in Beijing.
Autumn 2017
What happened when I switched off Instagram
It takes a lot of willpower to abandon something that feeds you so well.
Why We Need an International Men’s Day
If we are discussing what it means to be a man, we need to also address the wider notion of gender and what it means on all fronts. Modern masculinity has changed dramatically; there are more variations of it.
Why Teachers Will Never Be like Taylor Swift
Why we need to change the narrative on what it means to be a man and why young children need positive role models.
Music of the Week: Embedding Musical Literacy and Joy in Early Years Classrooms
For 21 years, music has been a cornerstone of the Liam’s teaching. Each week, a new musician is introduced, inspiring writing exercises and creating a shared playlist that becomes a learning soundtrack. This approach fosters a sense of community, enhances learning, and provides a unique way for students to connect with their peers and families.

