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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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Thinking Ahead: Top Tips for your PGCE or NQT year

August 29, 2019March 31, 2020Oxford Geography Team
Thinking Ahead: Top Tips for your PGCE or NQT year

As September approaches, many prospective and experienced teachers will be thinking about the new school year – thinking about how to ensure they enjoy the last of the holidays whilst getting organised and prepared for the year. With that in mind, I thought I’d share my top tips for anybody getting ready to start a […]

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What advice would you give to new colleagues?

September 28, 2017February 9, 2021Oxford Languages Team

This week, we’re welcoming back Liz Black with her reflections on starting out as a teacher. What advice would you give to new colleagues? I’m sure like me you have found the last few blog posts by Yvonne Kennedy and David Shanks extremely helpful. We can learn so much from other language consultants and teachers, […]

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How do students perceive DIRT? Directed or Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time

October 20, 2015Liz Black

I asked Rebecca Frost, a young NQT who trained at York last year, to write a guest post. She wrote an extremely interesting assignment on the importance of giving students time to respond to and act upon feedback. Here are some of her thoughts. Paragraph three is interesting, a reflective practitioner… As part of the […]

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Back to School Tips: James Clements

September 3, 2015September 9, 2015Oxford Primary

We asked James Clements for his top back to school tips, and here’s what he said. There’s something for everyone, whether you’re an old hand, or you’re getting to know your very first class! Never turn down the opportunity to eat, drink or go to the loo. As a teacher, you never know when you’ll […]

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Welcome back 2014/5

August 28, 2014June 29, 2015Liz Black

I hope that you had a really good break over the summer. The holidays are a welcome break from routine and pressure, aren’t they? For a number of reasons we decided not to go abroad this year, one being that I had just returned from two weeks in Germany with the UK German Connection . I was a […]

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