{"id":1798,"date":"2018-03-24T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T11:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tagtiv8.com\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2018-09-23T16:37:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T16:37:24","slug":"primary-rocks-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tagtiv8.com\/primary-rocks-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Rocks Live 2018 – Closing the Gender Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

One week since <\/span>Primary Rocks<\/span><\/a> Live 2018 and finally time to sit and write a few reflections on the day. We shared the journey across the Pennines with <\/span>Rich Allman<\/span><\/a> from the pioneering <\/span>Malton Community Primary School<\/span><\/a>. There were not many James Corden \u2018Carpool\u2019 moments, but the drive gave us a much needed opportunity to share thoughts about \u00a0pedagogy, politics, physical activity and gender. The latter two areas continued our discussions about a previous blog post<\/a> involving Super Movers and Alex Scott<\/a>‘s pioneering work.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was our third time of visiting <\/span>Medlock Primary School<\/a> for Primary Rocks Live<\/span>. Again we were blown away by the fact that hundreds of teachers and school leaders are willing to give up their time in order to share ideas and celebrate learning – despite the cutbacks and excessive workload.<\/span><\/p>\n

There were many reasons to be cheerful. In no particular order:<\/span><\/p>\n