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There are three basic problems with recording APP evidence.
One is that recording the evidence takes time – it is yet another job amidst a thousand other jobs. The job has to be done – but the only way to cut the time spent is to be more efficient in the process, [...]
Left to their own devices during playtimes and lunchtimes, some children will play in a very positive way. They will work together, mutually acknowledging the rules of their own games, helping and supporting each other and gaining much from the experience.
Unfortunately not all children do this. Some become isolated, some [...]
Listening to Music Revision Activities is one of those books that does what it says – it covers everything in the syllabus and does it in a way that starts from the premise that the lessons have already been taught but the memory has faded just a bit.
What is also nice is the way in [...]
The first ever labels appeared in…
Here’s a most curious thought. The first ever items to be labelled were fruit and veg in shops.
Here’s a second odd thought. Those labels were only introduced in the 1880s – before then nothing bought in a shop had a label on it. Up until that point you were expected [...]
Best Grades at GCSE Art and Design
Best Grades at GCSE Art and Design will help your students make the most of their course and achieve higher grades than they might otherwise manage.
It is full of information on what examiners are looking for, with particularly helpful advice on presentation and how to pick up [...]
Citizenship through Assembly
Citizenship through Assembly provides 100 ideas for assembly topics with practical suggestions as to how these could be presented. Many of these topics could, if desired, be further developed in the classroom and used to develop discussion on actions and their consequences. Topics suggested include racism, smoking, success, bullying, adulthood, democracy, consideration, leadership [...]
Unique experience in practical mathematics
Booking opens on Monday February 22 for Techniquest’s inspirational mathematics programme Mathamagic.
This specialised mathematical exhibition and presentation in Cardiff Bay covers many areas of the KS3 mathematics curriculum, and encourages pupils to want to learn more.
Mathamagic runs for four weeks during the summer term and places tend to [...]
Clear Vision is pleased to announce a new online interactive resource for RE, Citizenship and community cohesion, for KS3&4 (12-16 years):
Us and Them: Buddhism and community
*Price £40 before 1st April*
Five online sections link Buddhist teachings on
community-building
identity
the self
karma
to topics such as
identity and belonging
volunteering and charities
speech and communication
democracy
waste, recycling
Unlimited site licence £40 + [...]
Free school resources
An innovative way to teach Literacy through Sustainability
One of the current problems facing teachers is finding resources that:
1. are time-saving and easy to use
2. link to the curriculum
3. engage and inspire students.
Nationwide Education’s new Sustainable Communities programmes (for 12-14 and 14-16 year olds) offer free innovative, cross-curricular [...]
Who’s got all the really great ideas?
The last time I looked I seemed to still have a brain, but by and large it was full of targets, initiatives and evaluations. What it wasn’t full of was great ideas.
I suspect someone has been ransacking my head.
I don’t think I am the only one [...]
How can we help students manage their stress so they achieve their best?
One of the biggest problems with revision is that even saying the word ‘revise’ causes some pupils to put up emotional barriers and struggle to know what to do. Sometimes their reaction is to put off doing revision and this in the [...]
The start of each day in the classroom defines how that day continues
Of course, as with all broad statements about teaching, it is possible to find exceptions, but as a general rule of thumb this one is not bad.
The start of each lesson defines how that lesson continues.
And although it can be argued that the [...]
What is the simplest way to ensure children’s items never get lost?
The answer must be that each item of each child’s property (clothing, pencil case, satchel etc etc) is labelled.
That bit is simple – as is the idea of asking parents to put the labels on all property.
But then the problems arise.
Maybe, [...]
Success at the British Schoolgirl Ski Races
The Cheltenham Ladies’ College Ski Teams achieved their best ever collective set of results at the British Schoolgirl Ski Races in Flaine in January. The A and B Ski Teams won 1st and 2nd places in both the Giant Slalom and the Combined. Annabel Lawrence, currently in [...]
We are hoping you may be able to help us in researching teachers’ needs regarding educational resources. Marketlink Research, an independent market research company specialising in the education sector, has been commissioned by a non-commercial organisation providing educational resources to schools to undertake a national programme of research about teachers’ needs from resources.
The study [...]
Meeting your Sustainable Schools targets? Free resources to engage students
One of the current problems facing schools is finding resources that:
fulfil the Government’s Sustainable Schools targets
link to the curriculum
engage and inspire students.
Becoming a Sustainable School not only involves the building itself and school ethos but also the education of students. The topic of ‘sustainability’ [...]
Ready made PSHE resources, lesson plans, work sheets…
What none of us particularly likes doing is taking a gamble on ordering worksheets etc without really knowing what you are going to get.
So we’ve produced ready made resources, lesson plans, work sheets, activities, assessments, interactive games and video clips for PSHE KS3 and KS4.
And then we have [...]
Rackets smashing hard
INTENSITY ruled the courts at a school in Peterborough last week, as a collection of schools from across the county attended a badminton competition.
Following a previous competition, the proceeding schools met at the Thomas Deacon Academy in Peterborough. This school was only opened in September 2007, and was the largest to be [...]
Managing stress and behaviour for staff and pupils
In a recent survey by the Teachers’ Support Network, 42% of teachers said they had been depressed in the previous two years. 63% put it down to work and 33% said it was the combination of work and personal issues.
In fact nearly 36,000 teaching professionals report suffering [...]
Get your students thinking with this multiple choice quiz.
This CD Rom contains 600 multiple choice questions based on AS Level Philosophy of Religion and Ethics. It comprises 3 separate tests of 200 questions each on the Foundation, Philosophy of Religion and Ethics Modules. Students are awarded points depending on how many attempts they require [...]
How can making one change to a classroom radically improve teaching and learning?
Everyone involved in teaching and learning is concerned with the visual environment. We write clearly so that the child can read. We recognise the importance of adjusting the lighting in the room to compensate for gloomy days (lights on) or brilliant sunshine [...]
An NFER report commissioned by the then DfEE to assess the use of data in teaching and learning (Research Report No 671, 2006) reached the conclusion that “School-devised systems and Excel spreadsheets are the most popular data management tools” in Primary schools.
But the question then arises, why do Primary teachers prefer these tools?
Seemingly the answers [...]
World Maths Day is a FREE online maths event which Unites the World in Numbers! It is the largest online global maths event and world record breaking in the number of correct maths questions answered over a 48 hour period!
In 2009 World Maths Day was a huge success with almost 2 million [...]
To many teenagers, now is everything. The insult, pain, hurt, pleasure, fun, laughter of the moment dominates the student. The sense that the fun should stop or that the pain will go away is simply not there. Now is everything.
Which is why it can take some students time to understand history in its fullest context [...]
Reach for the Stars Induction Programme
Running an induction programme for the new intake of year 7 pupils is one of the key ways of ensuring that the enthusiasm and excitement of the newcomers is developed in their first few weeks at school.
One feeling is that if the programme itself has a vitality of its own [...]
One of the problems which can occur with Form Time is the issue of finding a variety of engaging subjects and topics that will interest the students, and have a meaningful educational impact. One can do it for one’s own specialist subject, but in other areas it can be difficult.
The other issue is the format. [...]
College choir sings in international concert
ANTICIPATION and excitement resided in 20 lucky students from Witchford Village College that were chosen to sing in the production of Peace Child Alpha Omega which took part on the 30th January at 7:30pm at the Ely cathedral.
After weeks of practising and being coached by Mr Berthon, head of music [...]
Dance show at Churston Ferrers Grammar School
This December we hosted our second ever dance show, a sequel to ‘Dance Around the World’ in 2006. ‘Step in Time’ was again linked with the school’s Humanities Specialist status, but this time with an historical slant.
Through 40 separate dance routines, Step in Time was a show taking [...]
…by providing students with individual practice examination questions for homework, in the classroom under mock examination conditions, and then, leading up to the examination, a whole paper, without replicating that which has been used before.
APT has, therefore, produced a set of up to 5 board specific practice examination papers for each A level unit [...]
The Swaminarayan School was ranked second in the table of top independent schools published in the Daily Telegraph this month.
Considering the fact that The Swaminarayan School in Neasden has been in existence only since 1992, this achievement is nothing short of extraordinary.
The school has always achieved excellent examination results and has been [...]
Is it possible to imagine an activity enrichment week beyond all other activity enrichment weeks?
In the view of some the answer is Disneyland – and I have looked at this idea with interest because I have been there and watched a number of school parties making the rounds.
The one thing we sometimes forget about [...]
Have you heard about the students who forgot the date of their GCSE maths exam ?
They turned up for school OK, but without pens, pencils, calculator, ruler or compass !
It’s easy to assume that the existing stock of exam desks will always be enough for the new group of students who’ll be [...]
Informing students about careers in Science.
A while ago I wrote about a series of career cards for Science and got a mixed response. Some quite reasonably replied that careers were handled by the careers department and not by Science. Some readers forwarded the email on to careers. And some said that [...]
Let’s face it, nowadays none of us is short of targets, initiatives and evaluations to chase.
But practical solutions to achieving them are far harder to find.
In fact it is a common observation among many teachers that it gets increasingly difficult to keep coming up with great ideas of one’s own. Especially if [...]
You may well not be in Scotland but…
Recently the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) contacted each local authority and each individual school in Scotland to discuss school music. I believe what they said applies as much to England as it does to Scotland.
The EIS letter said that music in schools helps to develop children’s [...]
One of the problems which can occur with Form Time is the issue of finding a variety of engaging subjects and topics that will interest the students, and have a meaningful educational impact. One can do it for one’s own specialist subject, but in other areas it can be difficult.
The other issue is the format. [...]
I think most people would agree that being able to touch type brings huge benefits to pupils and students both at school and indeed in the world of work. Certainly, as one who learned to touch type early on, I’ve found the skill invaluable.
And yet touch typing is not part of the curriculum, and in [...]
Students in Bebington High Sports College are provided with the opportunities to transfer their leadership skills further through the delivery of extra-curricular clubs at their local primary schools.
Liaison between Bebington High and its local feeder primary schools enables 6th former leaders to identify where their strengths lie and create a primary link that supports [...]
RECORD GCSE RESULTS FOR SCHOOLS IN LONDON
HARLINGTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL NAMED AMONGST MOST IMPROVED IN CAPITAL
We were delighted to be informed by the DCSF that we are amongst the most improved schools in London. The number of students achieving 5 or more A* – C passes including English and Maths improved by 13%, ranking Harlington [...]
The Tower Poetry competition is open to all sixth form students in the UK.
It was first launched in 2000, and as Peter McDonald (Director of Tower Poetry and one of this year’s judges) said, “Our purpose is to ignite in teenagers the desire to experience poetry as a poet – something that can [...]
Despite heavy snowfall and reports of thousands of school closures across the country, it has been business as usual for Staines Prep School this term.
With only one day of the new term lost due to bad weather, staff and pupils continued to fulfil a full timetable of studies.
Year 6 pupils not only braved [...]
From Hylands School, Chelmsford
Table Tennis is big news at Hylands School this term! Four pupils have recently earned Hylands a place into the English Schools Table Tennis Zone Finals on Sunday, 24th January in London as winners of the Essex Schools Team Event .
Brandon Crouchman and Scott Dowsett both Year 10 along with Jack [...]
Raising Grades through Study Skills
The benefits of learning how to learn for students can be overwhelming, for the natural way in which most students come to learn their work is stunningly inefficient.
Those of us who are both parents and teachers will have watched our offspring supposedly revise for GCSEs and A levels when in [...]
For a campaign resource pack and to take part, register now at…
www.getreal.uk.com/really-good-school-dinner.html
Celebrities including JLS, the Saturdays and Les Ferdinand join an all-star cast in a filmed appeal to schools, children and young people, urging them to join a United Nations campaign this month and help fight world hunger.
The Really Good School Dinner, a partnership campaign [...]
The Mathematics Department celebrated Number Day during the last week of the autumn term.
Number Day is a national event that aims to get everyone involved in Maths by taking part in fun, maths-based activities, whilst raising much needed funds for charity. This year our chosen charity was CLIC Sargent – caring for children with [...]
ZigZag Education is an exciting community of over 5000 secondary teachers, FE tutors, examiners and educationalists working together on great new teaching resources. People in the community take different roles; from writing to reviewing, proof reading and checking, or just making suggestions for new resource titles.
It is also a fantastic opportunity for teachers [...]
Free homework diaries for the next academic year 2010/11 are available for all UK secondary schools while stocks last – and order lines close at the end of January 2010. Schools can order up to 500 copies each, without any charge at all.
The Wise Choices? Europa diaries, which are funded by the European Commission, [...]
28 day free trial of “Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany” for the interactive whiteboard
To obtain a full understanding of the rise and fall of Nazi Germany it is important for the students to be offered a narrative approach which takes them through the timeline of events.
Through using animated maps, interactive diagrams and dynamic texts, [...]
The Schools Minister in England Vernon Coaker has said that although school surplus balances have fallen for the first time since 2002-03 there are still schools holding back money that they should be spending.
Just over 7,000 schools have surpluses over the allowed limit and if these are carried forward into 2009/10 they are in serious [...]
One of the biggest problems with revision is that even saying the word ‘revise’ causes some pupils to put up emotional barriers and struggle to know what to do. Sometimes their reaction is to put off doing revision and this in the end causes stress. For others, they worry and get stressed about disappointing parents [...]
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