Anjum Razaq

I have been teaching for over 21 years, 8 years of which were in Redbridge, East London. As the ICT coordinator at Cleveland Junior School I had the privilege of being a part of the Redbridge Games Network and alongside other schools used games to enhance the curriculum. With the RGN I presented work at BETT, Teachmeets, Sony and various other organisations.

After getting married in 2011, my wife and I decided that a change was as good as the rest so we moved to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was the ICT Specialist at iCAN International British School. The school had never had an ICT Specialist before so creating a complete curriculum for year 1 to 9 was a challenging but rewarding experience. I enjoyed being given free rein to bring fun and innovative learning to the school and loved seeing the children being creative and using software to enhance their learning.

My wife and I moved back to England in the Summer of 2013. After teaching in London for a further two years, we decided to finally live the good life and move to the countryside with our baby daughter. A couple of years later, we were blessed with another daughter which has kept my wife and I on our toes.

I worked in Kent at a wonderful school and, as well as being a year 4 class teacher, I was the Future Technologies specialist, a role that allows me to experiment with exciting and innovative technologies. A short while later, I became the Maths Lead and threw myself whole-heartedly into the role, introducing many new initiatives to encourage independent learning and accelerate progress within the subject area.

My life underwent some exciting changes as my wife and I moved to the Middle East where we were teaching at a large well-established school which had a big emphasis on cultures of learning mixed with elements of the American Common Core. It was a new challenge and I developed my practice, especially building on digital technology and distance learning in light of the pandemic.

My family and I have moved back to the UK in 2020 where I worked in a wonderful school in Devon. Away from the bright lights and big city of the South East, I have been developing my educational journey with an NPQLBC and building Lemov Means of Participation strategies into my teaching.

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