Strategies for Teaching & Lesson Planning Remotely
Throughout the past year, teachers around the world have been balancing remote teaching for large class groups with in-person classes for vulnerable children, those with SEN needs and children of…
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Behaviour Management Guide for NQTs
This year Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) have had an extra-challenging start to their careers. Many final training placements will have been cut short due to school closures and, in this…
Setting cover work and planning ahead
With there still being some uncertainty around schools fully opening in September, educational staff will need to be more adaptable than ever. Ideally, outbreak rates in your area will remain…
How teachers can help students transition back to the classroom
This may feel like quite a daunting task. How can we possibly bring our students back to ‘normality’ after the year they have all had? Schools are currently required to…
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…
Classroom Clinic – Teacher Persona
This week’s issue: “Dear classroom clinic, I have a handful of students who are making teaching impossible! They keep coughing! When I stop in silence to allow them to finish…
Revision – Repetition, Recaps & Repetition
The GCSE countdown has started. Even if your students don’t realise it yet, senior leadership are focusing on the end of year results. There are ways to make the run-up to exams nice…
A Spring Clean of Behaviour
With the next half term about to commence, this is a great opportunity to reflect on your behaviour management, try something new and get in touch with any feedback or…
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…
Surviving Supply
So January is finally over and you survived Blue Monday. But you’re still getting up before sunrise and getting home in the dark as well – who wants to…