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“Put down your pens…”

September 6, 2016September 5, 2016Oxford Geography Team
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I am very lucky to work in a girls’ school where the students are extremely focused and conscientious. Many are not satisfied unless they have a page full of detailed, multi-coloured notes at the end of every lesson. Therefore, when I invited my Year 11 class into the classroom and asked them to put away […]

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