Topical Teaching: Religious Education – Purim
The Jewish Holiday of Purim Takes Place between 9-10 March 2020 and is a Great Opportunity to Combine Comparative Religion & PSHE The Purim Story Let’s start with what the…
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Teaching Learning Behaviours and Resilience with Primary Classes
We often talk about positive behaviour management strategies that keep our classes calm and focused; that keep our entry routines as disruption-free as possible. But how often do we consider…
Classroom Clinic – Early Exam Intervention
“Dear classroom clinic, I’m starting to target intervention with some of my students. How do I stop them from getting bored of revision this early?” Firstly, if you are starting…
THE COUNTDOWN
The A-Level and GCSE countdown has started. Even if your students don’t realise it yet senior leadership are focusing on the end of year results, so we’ve broken down how you can…
Road Safety Week
Every 20 minutes, someone is killed or seriously injured on a British road and each of these tragedies is preventable. Road accidents are one of the biggest causes of death…
Mini-Whiteboard Magic
Teachers give a variety of reasons to avoid using mini-whiteboards. “They’re for primary school.” “They let my students misbehave with doodling.” “It wastes too much time handing them out.”…
World Mental Health Day 2019
World Mental Health day is here, and it’s time to talk about mental health awareness. It’s been shown that teachers are more likely than others to suffer from behavioral, psychological or…
The World’s Largest Lesson
This year on September 24th children all around the world will take part in the World’s Largest Lesson for its fifth year. What are the 17 Global Goals? In 2015, world…
Clear Classroom Management
And we’re back! A new term, a new school year, new classes. With the first week underway, now is the time to reinforce your expectations for the year ahead. Whether…
Starting off September Right
Starting off on the right foot with students in September is the key to the rest of the school year. Now is the time to establish your expectations, routines and…