Is Your School An ARA School?
johndabell The pandemic has made a mess of education. It has taught us that nothing is certain and it has been the ultimate Black Swan disruption. Living in an uncertain world…
March 2021
Find A Bigger Pond
You probably have a few children with a flair for a specific subject and they really excel. That’s a good thing. You probably have these children on something of a…
The Leitner System Of Revision
It’s all about retrieval. A wealth of previous research has shown that testing is beneficial for learning and memory. Using flashcards is an easily implemented teaching strategy that can help…
School Leaders As Gardeners
Schools are where leaders excel. Well, some leaders that is. Every Headteacher has their own style and some tap into more than one approach or behaviour. There is another type…
The 4D Approach in Education
What is an effective way to make change happen? Managers, senior leaders, teachers all have to lead change and one way to do it is use the approach called Appreciative…
Global Citizenship Education
It’s often said that we are all connected and “it’s a small world”. Umm. Unfortunately we are very much disconnected, the world is huge and there is plenty of evidence…
Call My Bluff
Go on. Do it. Call my bluff. This classroom strategy is one of those gems that doesn’t get used enough because it is perhaps deemed ‘old-fashioned’. Rubbish. It’s as relevant…
Breakfast Study
Never let those idle moments at breakfast go to waste. If your stand mindlessly at the cereal packet in front of you absorbing the ingredients as you munch away then…
Proper Differentiation
Some teachers fret about differentiation and tie themselves up in knots about it. I used to. My early teaching career was blighted by the wrong advice and that advice was…
5 Steps To Discourage Student Absenteeism
How can we address and discourage student absenteeism? You might imagine that children would be excited going back to school after the lockdown but not everyone is. There is plenty…