Teaching

10 Things Effective Teachers Do

Looking to become a more effective teacher? Read John Dabell’s list of the 10 things that effective teachers do. If only we could bottle the skills, knowledge, behaviours, qualities and competences required to be an excellent teacher.  The contents could be poured onto the heads of newly qualified teachers so… Read More

Equipping children for their future through music and song

Thank you to music education expert Andy Silver for this guest post. For me, education is about more than just academia: of equal if not greater importance is the development of a child’s personal capabilities and the growth of attributes for life. The question of coping in ‘the real world’… Read More

What happens after Science Week?

Children love Science Weeks and Science Days, when the regular timetable is relaxed and every lesson is their favourite one – science! Of course British Science Week is the ideal opportunity to do this, but you can hold a School Science Week at any time to suit your school. Whatever… Read More

Chemical Anniversaries: The Death of Michael Faraday, 1867

Michael Faraday. Source: see below. Michael Faraday, one of the UK’s greatest scientists, died in 1867 at the age of 76. That was at the peak of the Steam Age.  Railways linked cities, towns and many villages; steam engines powered factories and steamships crossed the oceans. The Electric Age… Read More

Business Ethics

Discover a range of activities and ideas to help you to introduce the idea of business ethics to your A level class. Read More

Improving analysis of writing

I don’t know about you, but I have found the AQA English Language, Paper 1, Question 3- commenting on the structure of a text- mighty troublesome this year! As much as I try to help students identify shifts in time, character, location, and find interesting patterns,… Read More