Monthly Archives: September 2014

Feedback is one of the best things we can do as teachers. However, it is also one of the most time-consuming, so it is crucial that feedback is highly efficient. David Didau states in his excellent Getting Feedback Right series: … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Education_Researcher:
It’s Geography, that’s the worst thing about Progress 8, just Geography. One of the schools I work in is more deprived and urban than most, they do well in English, did well in Maths previously…

Originally posted on cavmaths:
Yesterday I attended the Maths teachers conference in Kettering. Here I intend to share some thoughts on the day, and on the workshops I attended. I won’t go into too much depth, and will come bacTo…

Originally posted on Education_Researcher:
It’s Geography, that’s the worst thing about Progress 8, just Geography. One of the schools I work in is more deprived and urban than most, they do well in English, did well in Maths previously…

In the run up to her highly anticipated series of concerts at the Hammersmith Apollo at the beginning of September, Kate Bush released … Musings of a pragmatic teacher: Evidence versus Mindfulness?

If you are outside the UK, the ALL is the Association for Language Learning,… frenchteacher: ALL London branch webinars

Originally posted on ideasfortheclassroom:
This Saturday saw the second National Maths Conference in Kettering hosted by Mark McCourt (@emaths) and La Salle Education, sponsored by AQA. It was great to catch up with what are quickly becoming old friends &…

Here’s a tiny TLaC 2.0 Excerpt on the topic of Stretch It Let’s assume you asked a student to add three and five. After she correctly gave you an answer of eight, you decided to Stretch It a bit and … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Making Our Best Better:
Every fortnight, one of our NQTs will write a reflective blog post focusing on issues raised in our professional development sessions. This is the first, by one of our English NQTs and follows a…