One of the core difficulties when teaching Shakespeare is taking it off the printed page –...
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Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020: The Genetic Scissors
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has, for the first time, been shared by two female scientists...
Connecting with unseen poetry
Any examination is a contained and isolating space, the examinee on their own, having to rely on...
Examining Covid-19 through a sociological gaze
As a Sociology teacher living and working through the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been fascinated by...
Creative approaches to teaching The War of the Worlds
Over 120 years ago Wells’ science fiction novel The War of the Worlds (1898) presented Victorian...
Ideas for re-engaging students with science this term
It’s always a risk when committing thoughts to paper (or cloud) on education policy and practice;...
Top tips for exploring Hamlet’s key themes
Year 12 students returning to school to begin their AS and A-level courses are probably feeling...
How to add context to your GCSE 9-1 Computer Science lessons
One thing you can say about Computer Science as a teaching subject is that it certainly isn’t...
Settling students back into school: a wellbeing guide
The reality of teaching through a global pandemic is that many of our students haven’t set foot...
Do you think you can revise for GCSE English?
Students regularly tell teacher Mark Roberts that they find it hard to revise for their GCSE...