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SEN advice from Carol Frankl
Two more of your queries around special educational needs, addressed by our resident voice of experience, Carol Frankl Q For the first…
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Eileen Field: introducing elearning in a challenging school
I teach English in a community secondary school serving a 'challenging' catchment area. Most of our students arrive with low levels of…
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Advice to help with a makeover for your outside spaces
If you're thinking about giving your school's exterior spaces a bit of a makeover during the summer holidays then Juno Hollyhock has some…
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Keeping students safe online
Keeping students safe online, while still allowing them to make the most of the educational opportunities offered by the internet, can be…
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Make Teaching Maths Fun Again with a Flipped Classroom
How are maths teachers supposed to inspire and motivate GCSE students if their core objective is to ensure that D/E level students pass an…
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Inspiring a passion for STEM
I became a campaigner for STEM back in 2006, when at the age of sixteen I became Young Engineer for Britain. Up to this point, I had enjoyed…
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Teaching spelling and grammar beyond KS2
Since January this year there has been a renewed focus on spelling, grammar and punctuation (SPaG) in GCSE qualifications, with marks…
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Opinion: Vic Goddard on welcoming in the community
Today is a Thursday – I love Thursdays. As I do my morning climate walk I get to visit one of our ICT suites and always start the…
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What I learnt at school: Simon Mayo
In 1970, things were looking pretty good really, educationally speaking. I’d spent a happy few years at St John’s Primary in Croydon…
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How to boost students’ intrinsic motivation
Motivation is defined as something that energises, directs and sustains behaviour. It can be considered a driving force that compels an…
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Opinion: Phil Beadle on the price of integrity
It was my privilege on the day before the Easter holidays to deliver some ‘Literacy Across the Curriculum’ training in a school in…
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Film club: loss and bereavement
Young people can find it particularly hard to understand and articulate their feelings about such issues and because of the…
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Why teachers have to be brave
Society in general does not cope well with change. In fact, it often responds in such a way as to oppose the change that is trying to make…