An insight into writing a novel by the author of Boy, Everywhere A. M. Dassu

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022Hollie Hargood

Boy Everywhere Oxford Rollercoasters edition

Boy, Everywhere is a story of survival, of family, of bravery. It looks at the refugee crisis from a new perspective, and through Sami’s eyes shows that we are all one cruel twist of fate away from becoming refugees ourselves: it can happen to anyone. Historical context By 2015, the war in Syria had been […]

How to introduce a new KS3 class reader

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022Hollie Hargood

I don’t know about you, but I look forward to introducing a new class reader with the various classes I teach. There’s something about the opportunity to share great literature with young people and also have the chance to share my own passion as a reader. It’s always enjoyable to challenge myself with a new […]

Vocabulary Teaching: Giving Students a Voice

May 17, 2022May 18, 2022Oxford English Team

Students completing an activity from Boost Your Vocabulary workbook 1

‘Cultured…Engaged…Informed’. This vision strapline underpins everything we do in my English Department. Vocabulary teaching, naturally, plays an important role in fulfilling this vision. When we spoke to students about the disadvantages that poor vocabulary acquisition brings, the one that came up repeatedly was that of frustration – the inability to communicate that which is in […]

Supporting young people’s wellbeing through their 2022 exams

May 13, 2022May 18, 2022Oxford Education

Close up of Secondary School students taking their exams

Written by The Children’s Society in partnership with Oxford University Press As we emerge from the upheaval and disruption of the pandemic you could argue that it was young people who paid the highest price, especially those who were taking exams. The Children’s Society (TCS) has been carrying out research with children and young people […]

Revising Macbeth: Oxford School Shakespeare GCSE Revision Cards

April 1, 2022May 18, 2022Oxford English Team

For very good reason the last several years has witnessed an explosion in thinking about effective revision strategies, with an increasing focus on self-testing and retrieval. As we increasingly use and model these skills in our own classrooms so too do students increasingly use them in their own independent practice. Yet, whilst we may be […]

Reflections on the Government’s white paper and the importance of vocabulary, from the Oxford Children’s Language Team

March 31, 2022April 1, 2022Oxford Education

The Oxford Children’s Language Team reflect on the Government’s white paper for schools, highlighting the importance of vocabulary.

International Independent Project Qualifications: 12 ways to successfully implement project-based learning

March 30, 2022April 1, 2022OxfordAQA

Teacher Sheridan Mack explains 12 key steps to successfully integrate a International Independent Project Based Qualifications such as the OxfordAQA International IPQ into the school curriculum.

We all know the benefits of project-based learning. It makes students into more independent learners and universities are also increasingly seeing the value in such projects. In fact, some universities are giving reduced offers to students who achieve a qualification in the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) or International Independent Project Qualifications such as the OxfordAQA International IPQ . They […]