Getting through that Summertime Slog! As you find the summer holidays quickly approaching, you may find the focus in your lessons dwindling. Even the pupils who lead by example have a hard time sitting still and following instructions when they know that in a mere few days they will be free to schedule their own…
How to Avoid a Burn Out I recently had a conversation with a colleague about how teachers can emotionally, yet unintentionally, impact children. “I had a history teacher once, and I was in the top set. She was miserable every day, and slowly but surely, I began to hate history lessons. I got a D…
How to handle Anxiety in the Classroom If there’s one thing we have learned, it’s that anxiety doesn’t care if she’s been invited to the party or not. She shows up and boy – does she make an entrance. We’ve all been there. That moment you heart starts beating faster, your throat swells up and…
Too often, people diminish the importance of extracurricular clubs, implying they should take a backseat to the real focus of an education: academics. However as of the 2019 school year, UK educational assessors OFSTED disagree and are including the range of extracurricular opportunities available to pupils in their school assessments, saying they are the building…
Have you ever turned on the radio and found yourself singing along to a song from your childhood, remembering lyrics you were sure you’d forgotten years ago? Turns out this is no coincidence: learning techniques that help retain and retrieve information in your memory are called mnemonic devices and ones paired with music can be…
If we as adults struggle to keep focus, how can we expect our pupils to be any different? It’s impossible for a student to learn what they aren’t paying attention to, so holding the attention of our students is obviously a huge issue for all teachers. We’ve even spoken about it here before when we…
From grocery lists to calendar entries, memory-boosting visual aids are a huge part of our daily lives, so why should the classroom be any different? Studies have shown that 65% people learn better from seeing information than any other learning method, so whether that means incorporating a whiteboard, computerised slide presentations, maps, or handouts, go…
Chances are you’ve heard the phrase, but if you want to brush up on exactly what it means and why it’s so important in today’s classrooms, we’ve got you covered! Differentiation instruction is the act of designing your lesson plans after you have taken into consideration the individual learning levels, needs, and styles of your…
Behavioural management is a key component in every successful learning environment, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. If you’re already creating rules, enforcing consequences, and referring persistent problems to your administration but still have classroom behavioural management issues, it might be time to think outside of the box with a few of…
