As Covid-19 continued to disrupt education across the world, students, teachers – and exam boards – faced difficult decisions on how to approach the Summer 2021 exam series. Jamie Kirkaldy, Head of Teaching and Learning Support for OxfordAQA , an international exam board offering International GCSEs, AS and A-levels, explores how OxfordAQA approached this decision and […]
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Jill Carter dispels the popular myth that grammar is boring and explains why she thinks it should be revered by teachers and students alike. In the years I have spent around teaching, one of the main subject-related complaints of English teachers is SPaG. The main complaints seem to be: ‘I wasn’t taught grammar […]
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Rebecca Geoghegan is a secondary English teacher and former whole school Literacy Lead with 15 years experience of teaching KS3, GCSE and A Level. There are no short cuts to getting good grades in GCSE English Language, but the development of two key areas can support students in feeling confident when they walk into […]
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Jill 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 […]
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Welcome 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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There is a lot of talk about mastery in science education. It has become the new ‘buzzword’ and some might claim the panacea in teaching and learning. Having done a bit of reading and thinking about this, I am yet to be convinced about whether it is really the solution to success in science. In […]
Read moreDid you hear the good news about Bernardette Holmes , Teacher and Modern Languages Education Advocate, being awarded an MBE in recognition to her services to Education? Isn’t this great for languages! Well done Bernardette! As promised last week here is the first of Rob Pike’s guest posts. Over to Rob… “In my line of work I am fortunate to meet […]
Read moreThat’s what I heard Georgina Harwood from Cape Town say – she has just celebrated her 100th birthday by skydiving ! Here are a couple of teaching ideas using dictionaries with a focus on improving understanding of grammar… How about a dictionary race? The pupils race each other to find additional adjectives? This will of course reinforce their understanding […]
Read moreThe new app Be My Eyes in just one day after launching, had over 10,000 users. I’m always really interested, as I’m sure you are, in medical advances and new technology that transforms lives. On both sides of my family people have suffered with very serious problems with eyesight and this app sounds amazing. We […]
Read moreI ended my last post by asking for any readers to get in touch with any views they would like to express on A Level reform. Please feel free to comment and as promised, I will add your thoughts to my summary to go to ALL – thank you in advance. Having read through the […]
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