The Emergency Board- A Journey of Discovery
Intro: This blog post looks at one strategy the art department employed to help the S3 students with the process of completing their...
Student/Teacher Feedback
Alicia shared a ‘student feedback’ form recently. Here students get an opportunity to provide feedback to teaching staff. The feedback...
Reflection Strategies
Teachers who promote reflective classrooms ensure that students are fully engaged in the process of making meaning. They organize...
Optimising learning during practical work
Practical work in science is hugely demanding - not only are students having to manipulate equipment they may not be familiar with,...
Effective Departmental Meetings
Within the Spanish Department, we have put in place a new way to deal with our Departmental "meetings". Taking in consideration some...
Can a case study in Geography ever be considered to be so old it is past its sell by date?
There is not a single Geography teacher on the planet that does not have a favourite case study. We love them and whether it is...
Hands On - Theory into Practice
Developing independence and creativity through teaching approaches that promote collaboration and risk taking. After getting an idea of...
Drip Feed Activities in Chemistry
On the front page of the March 2019 was a quote from Ben Gordon ‘Students are rarely given enough time to practise’. This had a...
Concept-Based Learning in English
Every two or three years Cambridge, in their wisdom, decide to change the texts we can teach in IGCSE Literature. Sometimes this can be...
Value of Student Feedback
Student feedback can sound daunting. Opening ourselves up to criticism is never easy and coming from students that criticism can be...