As an RE teacher trainer, I often visit schools and observe lessons, and what I find is that at the heart of all good learning is making sure that each lesson enables students to make progress. That progress is greatly improved when the lesson builds on what students already know, and when they have opportunities […]
Read more RE is a living subject; it lives in the people and concepts and practices that exist in this country and beyond, and in order for our students to fully engage in what RE is all about, they need to experience and understand RE as a ‘living thing’. Well, herein lies the problem. Many teachers are […]
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Over a year ago, in a previous post for this blog , I wrote about my focus of encouraging students of ALL ages to ‘Speak Like A Geographer’. This was in light of having previously restricted this focus on terminology to GCSE and A Level cohorts – and wondering why they didn’t manage to adjust to the required key words and […]
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‘Inspire Maths is future proofing both our children and our curriculum’ – Maths Teacher at St Thomas’ C of E Primary School St Thomas’ C of E Primary School became an Advocate School for Inspire Maths in Spring 2017. Assistant Headteacher Liam Noon, and Maths Subject Lead and Teacher Judith Myhill discuss the triumphs of implementing […]
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This month we’re welcoming Tony Weston and José Antonio García Sánchez, Languages leads and authors of ¡Claro! KS3 Spanish . We love to hear what you would add to this list? Mi clase es tu clase Whether your languages department has a very clearly defined area in your school building, or if you are lucky enough to teach […]
Read moreJill Carter encourages teachers and students to spend time exploring and broadening vocabulary. Vocabulary is power. And, like a lot of power, it is hard won and easily lost. Students’ vocabulary is becoming increasingly limited in a world where it simply isn’t fashionable to exploit vocabulary for effect – in a world of posts, texts […]
Read moreAuthor Pete Ellison explores the motivation and approach taken by the Catapult team during the development of the new Catapult resources. At a time when the demands of external assessment at KS2 and GCSE have never been higher, we know that many young people are not regularly reading for pleasure (recent research by the […]
Read moreRebecca Geoghegan shares her advice for supporting ‘low ability readers’ and discusses low levels of decoding skills. You can also read her blog about approaches for supporting lower ability writers . …I am a work in progress When I hear the label ‘low ability reader’, I instantly think of the Allan Ahlberg poem ‘I am a Slow Reader.’ The poem depicts […]
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After two years of development and consultation with teachers, we have finally published the Pinch Point tasks in the Activate Intervention Workbooks and they have been very well received. If you are new to the Pinch Point concept, there is a good summary in this article [1]. At the ASE Conference 2018 in Liverpool, we were able to discuss with […]
Read moreWelcome back! To get 2018 off to the best start and help you discover our comprehensive support for English Language and English Literature across all key stages, we’ve created this interactive guide. Click on the information icon to find out more about the specific resources.
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