Teachers: How to Use the Christmas Break Wisely
As we move in to the last weeks of winter term, teachers will be looking forward to a well-earned rest over the Christmas break....
Best Books for Teachers
School’s out for summer and there’s no better way to relax than put your feet up and get stuck in to a great book....
NQTs: have reasonable expectations of yourselves
A lot of teachers I know are perfectionists; it’s not entirely surprising. We have high expectations of ourselves. We have an idea in mind...
Support each other: build a beacon
In a series of team building activities a colleague ran for each Key Stage 3 year group last summer, students were given a scenario:...
How to make the most out of your lesson planning
This blog post is for all those new to the teaching game who feel as though structuring and planning each lesson is...
Teacher Crisis Deepens
By Joseph Poppy
Schools, I’m sure we all agree, are not much use if they don’t have teachers. Official figures show that teaching vacancies have...
Students as Teachers: Empowering, Encouraging, Enlightening
As a result of my teaching timetable last year, I started to involve my students more at the front of the class. I had...
“But I’m not a maths person”: 7 strategies to help your students enjoy maths
There are so many arguments against the notion of not being a maths person. I won’t go into them, but let me be clear:...
Six tips for more effective PowerPoint presentations
Creating an effective PowerPoint presentation for a lesson should be neither an incredibly time-consuming task nor one that you complete quickly without any thought....
Start the year by setting the points table
From the first lesson we have together, there are two things I really want to cultivate in my students: motivation and a sense of...