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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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Remote learning: Fun ideas to help parents maintain their children’s core English and maths skills

February 18, 2021February 17, 2021Oxford Primary
Primary remote teaching and learning

We’re hearing from lots of you how challenging it can be to find the right balance to help parents support their children with learning at home during school closures, without overwhelming them. Here are just a few suggestions for simple (and fun!) ways parents can help maintain their children’s core English and maths skills, using […]

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Remote learning: 8 top tips to help parents support their children with phonics

February 5, 2021February 4, 2021Oxford Primary
Primary remote teaching and learning

For those children who are in the early stages of learning to read, one of your top priorities is going to be ensuring they keep up momentum while they’re learning at home. But for many parents, especially if they learnt to read differently when they were at school themselves, phonics is completely new – and […]

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Remote learning: 8 top tips to help parents support their children with comprehension

February 5, 2021February 4, 2021Oxford Primary
Primary remote teaching and learning

Here are some handy comprehension resources and simple ideas to share with parents to help them support their children’s reading comprehension during school closures.

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8 Top Tips for Remote Learning

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021Oxford Primary
Primary remote teaching and learning

Over the past weeks and months, we’ve all had to adapt to uncertainty, and being flexible has become a necessity for schools, pupils and parents alike – and you’re all doing an amazing job! Now that you’ve had the chance to try out new approaches inside and outside of the classroom, it’s a good point […]

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Once bitten, twice shy: ensuring your department is prepared for a second school closure

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020Oxford Science Team

As teachers in schools we currently need to simultaneously plan for both a normal September AND a second lockdown. What ways can we try to achieve both of these long term plans?

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5 Tips for Teaching from Home while maintaining sanity, structure and a work-life balance

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020Oxford Languages Team
teaching from home

Rebecca Nobes shares five strategies she’s using to adjust to teaching from home during lockdown. I’d like to start this blog with a quick disclaimer, I am no expert. I am a teacher like any other just trying to make these strange times work as best they can. This blog is an opportunity for me […]

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How to solve a problem like year 11? – Martha O’Dell

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020Oxford English Team
supporting year 11

When Gavin Williamson announced the cancellation of all formal examinations this summer, it was arguably the biggest tremor the education sector had felt in recent history. Both teachers and students were rattled, experiencing a range of emotions including frustration, fear, relief and even a sense of grief over what had been taken away without negotiation […]

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