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Top 10 ideas for teaching Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Stevenson himself is an interesting character, admitting that what began as nightmares in childhood eventually became full and extensive images and scenes of horror that could last up to a...

4 min

Top 10 ideas for teaching Frankenstein

It is not often in literature that you find yourself unexpectantly on the side of the monster. Mary Shelley’s powerful and thought provoking novel challenges our assumptions of...

6 min

22 tips for teacher mental health awareness

Teaching is a job filled with joy, excitement, curiosity, love and lots of stress. At the beginning of the summer term in 2018 Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman commissioned<span...

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Top 10 ideas for teaching Pride and Prejudice

Use these 5 discussion points and 5 extension tasks to help your students understand the context of this classic novel.  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen <div style="text-align:...

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Expert guidance for the AQA GCSE (9-1) English Language paper

On the approach to the exams for the new AQA GCSE (9-1) English Language specification, we sat down with teacher, coach, and former AQA principal examiner Jo Heathcote who’s provided practical advice...

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Do atlases still have a place in the modern secondary classroom

Fiona Goodwin Geography departments within secondary schools across the UK rely on printed atlases for many different areas across the curriculum. Although there has been several different breakthroughs...

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Preparing for GCSE RS? Learn about the Bible

Preparing for GCSE RS? Learn about the Bible

Knowing Religion is a new series of nine Key Stage 3 RE textbooks out this month. In this blog, we discuss the books with Series Editor and author of Islam, Christianity and...

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – teaching classics to a Harry Potter generation

By Jo Fliski The appeal of Harry Potter, I feel, is magic. Real, honest magic, the...

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‘Daredevil vs the Hulk? It’s just comma-sense!’

“You think using full stops is hard!?” I asked one group of GCSE re-sit students the other day as they grappled with just two simple tips on what to look for when...

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Secondary English – Targeting Reluctant readers

Naomi Hurstho With the renewed push on reading for pleasure in schools, come many exciting opportunities for enthusing our students...

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Secondary All – Back to School Icebreakers

Emily Painter - Sociology Teacher, Cadbury Sixth Form College With the start of a new academic year fast approaching, now is a good time to...

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End of Term: Ideas for the last lesson

Emily Painter - Sociology Teacher, Cadbury Sixth Form College As the summer break finally approaches, many teachers will be thinking about what to do with their classes for the...

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