As I am reading Craig Barton’s book, ‘How I Wish I’d Taught Maths’, I can’t help but be in awe of a person like him, who questioned his already successful and validated outstanding teaching style. …
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Rethinking What We Know About Teaching Maths
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30 Words To Use Instead of Very…
Very is a word that is used to emphasise an adjective or an adverb. However, using a more powerful word such as intriguing, immediately makes your writing more mature. For example: The book was very interesting. The …
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New Year, New Teacher Habits!
Happy New Year everyone! Don’t you just love being a teacher? We get a chance to start afresh twice in a year and a second chance to get on track, assuming one has been derailed …
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Outstanding Lesson Or Not?
You know the components an outstanding lesson: good intro, collect information about prior learning, make it meaningful, engage the children, less teacher talk more child involvement, differentiated activities, stretch all children, find the sweet learning …
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What Should Middle Leaders Know About Their Subject?
Research shows that good middle leaders can contribute immensely to the success of a school as their subject knowledge provides an important part of their professional identity and their colleagues’. Not only in the event of an inspection …
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Scavenger Hunt
Towards the end of the term or even at the beginning of one, playing games such as Scavenger Hunt with your pupils is a great way to encourage team work, observation skills and quick thinking. …
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Top 25 Education Buzzwords Explained
In education there is never a shortage of acronyms and buzzwords that educators are required to use. Yes, they change often, just to keep you on your toes, so if you are feeling a little …
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It’s All About the Children But Is It Really?
As a teacher, how many times has your workload been unnecessarily increased with the sole reason given that it is for the children? Doesn’t it go without saying that a teacher’s job is to teach …
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The Importance of Middle Leaders in Schools
Are you a middle leader wondering about the importance of your role? Torn between teaching full time and catering for your pupils and guiding and motivating colleagues? If yes, then this is the post for …
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3 Ways Teachers Can Find Inspiration From Within
Have you ever looked at colleagues around you and thought that you want to teach like them? Being inspired by others is wonderful and adopting great teaching ideas enhances ones teaching, however, once we start …
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