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Revolutionary engineering ideas – Schools COP – proposed by secondary school students will be debated in classrooms across the UK as part of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (8 to 12 November 2021). Proposals include ways that engineers can help efforts to improve biodiversity on land and at sea and the development of self-sufficient agri-biomes for farm animals to capture methane so […]
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Maths anxiety affects adults and children across the UK. It can be particularly problematic in primary learning where attitudes to maths are just being formed. Recent research has found that ten percent of children suffer from “overwhelming negative emotions” towards maths which impacts their confidence in class and at home. Oxford University Press is committed to finding ways to make everyone […]
Read moreI saw this over at Ignite, Incite and Inspire and thought it interesting! What would you add?
Read moreCriticism is not something that we humans like but this helps post from Ann Friedman helps sort out the relevance. In my ongoing quest for the perfect framework for understanding haters, I created The Disapproval Matrix**. (With a deep bow to its inspiration.) This is one way to separate haterade from productive feedback. Here’s how the quadrants break down: […]
Read moreHow do you make sure your students are engaged for every lesson and not just special ones? The folks over at Creative Education have some suggestions: Motivating students for one lesson is a challenge – keeping them continually motivated is an even bigger one, but if we invest the time, effort and energy into developing lessons that sustain student motivation week after […]
Read moreUseful post from Kate Burgess over at My Academies Travelling with students is a great way to get to know them better as young adults, as well as pupils, and can be an excellent way to entice youngsters out of their shells to explore the great outdoors! But as we all know, travelling doesn’t always go without any hiccups, and […]
Read moreThis post comes from a new class blog in Australia – Tipperary Station. It is great to see such enthusiasm and energy. If you are thinking about blogging, this may help make up your mind! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blogging is a wonderful tool to connect, collaborate and reflect on our learning. Some benefits to educational blogging include: Expectations have been transformed. Students […]
Read moreReblogged from Governing Matters Challenge and support matters; a Head’s view. With thanks to Ros McMullen Posted on December 29, 2013by governingmatters Today I read a brilliant blog post by Ros McMullen. She is the Principal of David Young Community Academy (DYCA) in Leeds and the CEO of LEAF Academy Trust. In her post Ros talks about why staff at DYCA remain so very positive […]
Read moreBut baby it’s cold outside! Re-blogged from The School Bus Winter has arrived! Britain has seen the first snowfall of the year across high ground and Scotland. Temperatures today have already dipped below zero. This morning, I had to defrost my car before I could even get into it (no lie in for me), and it seems to be set to […]
Read moreAccording to the Fulbright commission, more than nine thousand British students enrolled at a US university last year, and the number is on the rise. Although US tuition fees are still much higher than UK fees, ( $20,000-$60,000 annually or £12,786 – £38,360), – it’s not quite the insurmountable hurdle you’d imagine. So – how to afford the fees? As […]
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