Freedom to Teach

            
      A century of biochemistry
    
      Science is usually taught in school as three separate subjects, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. It may seem that they are three distinct areas of study. In the real world of scientific research, the boundaries are often blurred as shown...
    
        8 min
      
        27/02/2019
      
      Top 10 ideas for teaching A Christmas Carol
    
      A Christmas Carol was sold as a hugely popular ‘Christmas Crawler’ in the Victorian era for a shilling; a meagre amount but far from affordable for all Victorians so it tended to be bought by one person and then...
    
        4 min
      
        25/02/2019
      
      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
      
        20/02/2019
      
      Top 10 ideas for teaching Great Expectations
    
           When I first started teaching I was advised by a more experienced teacher to avoid the Classics and never teach any novel over 200 pages as it took...
    
        6 min
      
        11/02/2019
      
      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
      
        05/02/2019
      
      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...
    
        9 min
      
        21/01/2019
      
      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:...
    
        7 min
      
        15/01/2019
      
      How to use character mapping to promote familiarity of AO in An Inspector Calls
    
             Starting a new text with your class is always a joy, reading collectively and hearing their opinions and reflections...
    
        5 min
      
        01/10/2018
      
      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...
    
        1 min
      
        06/04/2018
      
      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...
    
        2 min
      
        27/11/2017
      
      Spreading a musical virus
    
        Karen Marshall, co-author of the Get Set! Piano series and How to Teach Instrumental and Singing Lessons – 100 Inspiring Ideas, shares her advice for encouraging children to teach...
    
        2 min
      
        16/11/2017
      
      Are atlases still relevant for the modern classroom?
    
        Here’s why Primary Teacher Sarah M. Thurlbeck believes atlases are essential in her classroom:           The “mental...
    
        3 min
      
        09/09/2017