Literature and writing at secondary school. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 2,860 other followers. Laura Randazzo Solutions for the Secondary Classroom. How can we put policy into practice? This is my classroom.

A guide to this blog. I write about teaching, research, curriculum and assessment, teacher training, leadership and the education system. Knowledge, memory and practice. Three applications of cognitive science. Visible learning and cognitive science.

For 200 metres he strides ahead, his pale legs pumping like pistons; to the other runners, he is a dot, hitting the second bend as they finish the first. And then, suddenly, mid-stride, he stops. He bends, gripping his right side, wincing. I was that kid on sports day. And, to be honest, I still am. Instead, I propose that we keep our personal imp.

Working harder makes you smarter. Originally posted on Class Teaching. Last Thursday saw our fourth annual TeachMeet at Durrington High School. As always, it was a fantastic evening. A great demonstration of the appetite of teachers for sharing and collaboration exactly what teachmeets should be about. The evening got off to a great start with David Didau. Kate Bloomfield The best revision guideever. This entry was posted in Uncategorized.

An English teacher trying to get better. Looking to discuss and share teaching and learning ideas. What do we want from the KS3 Curriculum? Around two and a half years ago, Head teacher Tom Sherrington posted this tweet.

Reading comprehension strategies to help it stick. Great visual poster to remind students and teachers of reading strategies to support deeper understanding and comprehension.

Thoughts, ideas, experiences and general musings about education. Then I was pointed to a gimmicky piece on Stuff. Reports are shared with students and whanau electronically using the KAMAR web port.

What if everything David Didau thinks about education is right? June 21, 2015. What if everything you knew about education was wrong? Is potentially a difficult read. Yet this potential difficulty is sooth.

Friday, 31 July 2015. 8217; A simple device to motivate and reward behaviour has become the bane of my life. There is a deeper problem under all of this.

A selection of musings about MFL Teaching, Leadership and Education. Labels, Labels, Labels! August 15, 2015. There is the tendency in education, and indeed other circles, to label everything so that it fits neatly within some compartment and someone can have job satisfaction by saying that x. So, with our fixation on labels and policy at my school, can progress really happen in terms of the development the staff? Reflections on my current career change.