At the beginning of December I shared a guest post on Amjad Ali’s  Teaching Toolkit. Over the last 3 weeks I loved seeing the variety of...

As previously mentioned developing independent learners in my subject area is a key focus of mine this year. So far with year 7 and 8...

Recently I’ve been thinking about whether Schemes of Work are the death of spontaneous learning opportunities. As a Geographer...

This evening I found my USB stick from my PGCE year. The array of resources on there, well… they were interesting to view. I can see such...

I came up with the idea during my NQT a few years ago and have been using it every year since. The visibiilty of the processes taking...

At the end of the last academic year I asked my students for feedback. They were honest and constructive. Pupils in a number of groups...

Last year I trialled numerous homework approaches with KS3 from booklets to takeaway homework. It was a fair bit of trial and error. The...

I then got thinking about other models I could make to demonstrate either features of a landform or the process of formation. Of course I...

After such a great response on twitter about my DIRT sheets, I decided to add a few more to the selection that I made available here....

I’ve always felt marking to be an important yet time consuming aspect of the job. Throughout my NQT year I felt that my marking went...

Rather happy with the #educationalRPG I’ve created on surviving in the #rainforest. Which level of #geek am I now?...

A great post; reflective and helpful. NewToThePost It is said that Teaching is one of the most stressful professions in the UK at the...

Originally poster on http://staffrm.io/ Original post One thing I’ve often found in my career so far is that students struggle to see the...

Originally posted on http://staffrm.io/ Original Post – Word Walls One of my classes really seem to struggle to remember and use key...

I recently saw this short poem from one of my favourite musicians shared on facebook. Instantly I thought it were perfect for a number of...

They started by looking at different types of farming, then moved onto subsistence vs. commercial farming. Later they carried out a...

I was booked in to be observed teaching a low ability year 7 class. The topic of the lesson was UK population patterns. I’ve taught the...

Inspired by @activehistory and @russeltarr – source overlay in action in this morning’s #opendoorclassroom pic.twitter.com/cosRgdrxX5 —...

For the next 3-4 weeks we are studying population dynamics. To speed things up a bit I’ve created this Population Study Mat. Each pupil...

Next time I teach the ‘Exploration and Adventure‘ topic, I’ve decided I’m going to lose a lesson on a modern adventurer and instead teach...