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preparing for GCSE

Retrieve It! Making retrieval practice a priority for Year 11

February 4, 2022February 3, 2022Oxford Geography Team

Despite optionality this year, the AQA course is lengthy. If you are doing it over 2 years, it needs to be covered at the rate of knots and so therefore retrieval practice (RP) should be a welcome guest in every classroom!  Put simply, RP is the strategy of calling information to mind which enhances and […]

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Preparing for GCSE Mathematics 2022: What to consider

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022Oxford Maths

We are preparing for our first GCSE Maths exams in three years. Due to the disruption of Covid-19, the current year 11 cohort missed the usual lead in and preparations for GCSE exams, such as intervention programmes in years 9 and 10. Instead, fluctuating teacher and student attendance due to isolation rules, and virtual teaching […]

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Teaching strategies in KS3 that help students prepare for GCSE study

June 16, 2021July 29, 2021Liz Black
supporting your GCSE students

We all know that learning a language requires perseverance over time, so helping students to develop this is key to their success.   My years in teaching have been very varied. I’ve taught languages in primary and secondary schools and taught English and PE as well. Completing the gold Duke of Edinburgh award and returning […]

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Demystifying Receptive Skills – Quick wins for your classes

March 11, 2021March 25, 2021Mariu Hurriaga

The single most requested training I get from MFL teachers relates to listening skills. Colleagues often feel this is the most difficult skill to prepare pupils for, possibly because it is easy to misunderstand the myriad of micro-skills that make up “listening”. For pupils it is also difficult: it often triggers anxiety and leads to […]

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Supporting your child through GCSEs

May 31, 2019July 26, 2019Oxford Education

What to expect during the GCSE years and how to support your child If you have a child about to embark on their ‘GCSE journey’, there are probably any number of questions spinning around your mind. Aside from the obvious one (which is “where has all the time gone? It only seems like yesterday they […]

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