Whilst I did a lot to make the lessons suitable for my students, the resources were brilliant informative and engaging. I liked the...

lovingthelearning It’s that time of year again when the nights get lighter, the Premier League season gets to ‘squeaky bum time’ and...

Towards the end of 2014 the BBC published this article suggesting that 2014 was set to be the warmest year on record. It initiated the...

Saturday was a good day, I relaxed a lot and by the evening felt rather creative so I decided to make some DIRT Sheets for Directed...

UPDATE 2 – Almost finished the interactive plenary display; KS3 have started using it and have really engaged with the choice available....

I wanted to put the learning into the pupils hands and I’ve decided to try out project based learning. Since this is rather new to me I...

I saw a similar technique recently on another blog… but this MAD idea might be more effective to start DIRT off with. Pupils could write...

Quite a collection of Education Bloggers. The Echo Chamber The latest version of the spreadsheet of bloggers can now be found here....

After using this this resource The Rainfall Spinner , I’ve decided I need to find other uses for the ‘insert topic’ spinner. I used the...

Enjoyed the opportunity to teach about this in a recent weather ans climate lesson fitted in perfectly with the lessons topic of air...

One of my favourite topics has to be Weather and Climate. I find it fascinating and really want the pupils to see how much there is to...

After trying this out in the classroom I’ve realised the potential of discussion. This task helped deepen the thinking of even the lowest...

I firstly carried out a baseline test to establish their skills and abilities. The results were interesting. None of the pupils had a...

In my experience so far I’ve found that teaching students about the different scales of local, national, international and global to be...

I love research and as a result I’m very much a skim reader. I tend not to read fictional books,  if I do it really has to be something...

In the UK we regularly experience the passage of a depression. Those pesky low pressure systems can often create havoc such as the Winter...

The resources provided by a large number of the teaching community are essential for new teachers, without inspiration from others I...