Making sense?

This week I did a carousel lesson for the first time in aaaages. An old idea, yes, but still effective.  My poor Year 10s had been hit with ...

I wrote here about catching the pupils who were drifting, and the missed opportunities I wanted to avoid.  I wanted to give you an update o...

In many of the wonderful teachmeet /show and tell/ pedagoo events I have attended in the last 12 months, I have been reminded of the great w...

This year I have 2 sets where I have some real high-fliers biting my hand off for new and challenging language, who are in the same class as...

I've been working hard at speaking skills with my classes since September, and I feel like we've made progress.  Phonics wall? check...

The drifters - they have been on my mind recently, especially in KS4.  You know the pupils I mean - the pupils who are in your peripheral vi...

This is a game I played at the end of my Berlin Wall week with a beginner Yr 9 class.  We had been learning big numbers, but this could work...