KS3

A good return on ‘The Returned’

17th Mar 2014

I like using a variety of completely authentic materials in the classroom to show learners that the language they are acquiring is also used in the real world! One of my sources is film trailers – or bandes-annonces. They have the advantage of being short and snappy so the viewing… Read More

Buzz Lightyear and assessment without levels

26th Jan 2014

Ed Walsh on assessing progress at Key Stage 3 without the use of levels. Read More

Prose poetry: comparing texts

7th Mar 2013

Help your students develop their critical reading abilities with a lesson on prose poetry - ideal for KS3 and GCSE! Read More

Secondary Science – Salt

7th Dec 2011

Some of us like to put a little salt on our food to enhance the flavour. While there is no doubt that many of us have too much salt in our diets there is a lot more to salt. Salt is truly one of the chemical “superstuffs” that makes an… Read More

Don’t count on levels

2nd Nov 2011

Those of us in science education who’ve ‘been round the block a couple of times’ will remember a time before National Curriculum levels.  Rather more of us will recall the news coming through about the ending of the tests in science at KS3.  Don’t read into this either a love… Read More