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Supporting student wellbeing in lockdown

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021Oxford English Team

It is almost impossible to read about the pandemic in the UK news without coming across some reference to concern regarding pupils’ mental health as a result of lockdown. Whether or not you believe the accuracy of the scale of the reported issue there is no doubt that, as with adults, young people have found […]

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How are you feeling? Taking care of yourself while teaching in lockdown

February 26, 2021March 3, 2021Oxford English Team

If you had said a year ago that working from home was possible for a teacher, the idea would have been unthinkable. We can’t teach from home! We need to be with our pupils – seeing what they’re doing, motivating them, watching out for their behaviour and making sure they’re focused. How would we mark […]

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Antibodies and the coronacoaster: one science teacher’s personal insights into C-19 testing and the science behind it

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020Oxford Science Team
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I’m on the “coronacoaster”: one minute I’m up and the next I’m down – it’s an emotional rollercoaster.  Most of the time, I feel like it’s all fine and we are just in a new normal, but in the blink of an eye, I’m flying by the seat of my pants, heading down with the […]

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Getting back to the History classroom

June 19, 2020June 22, 2020Oxford History Team
Teacher listening in classrooom

On Friday 20th March, it was announced that all UK schools would close to staff and most pupils in a bid to tackle the spread of Covid-19. Immediately teachers started to do what teachers do best – they began the tricky job of ensuring that both the students who would be at home for the […]

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Keeping it simple but meaningful during school closures

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020Oxford Science Team
Teacher listening in classrooom

Head of Biology Amelia Kyriakides discusses the ways in which her department has adapted to home learning and how the strategies they’ve developed will continue to benefit her GCSE cohorts on their return to school. For many of us, adapting for home learning meant rapidly rethinking lesson planning. Quick decisions needed to be made based […]

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Smoothing the transition to secondary school in a pandemic year

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020Oxford Science Team
year 7 transition

Life is full of change, now more than ever with the corona crisis unfolding.  But life will go on, and we are now venturing into opening our schools and creating a new normal. At this time of year, I would usually be working closely with our primary colleagues to help with transition projects to reduce the […]

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What are we missing about the classroom?

June 9, 2020June 8, 2020Oxford English Team
Empty desk missing classroom

And what are we looking forward to? Secondary English teacher, Gwen Nelson reflects on the last few months especially the things she has started to miss. And what exactly is she looking forward to about getting back into the classroom again full time? Firstly, let’s be abundantly clear. Suddenly being thrust into remote teaching has […]

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Supporting ITTs and NQTs in lockdown

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020Oxford Science Team
UK lockdown support for teachers in training

Lockdown is a weird time for us all; but spare a thought for trainee and newly qualified professionals that have been catapulted into their careers at an alarming rate.  Teachers are not exempt from this fate and they will be starting their classroom careers without the support that would usually be on offer as lockdown […]

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