English

Assessment Primary Teaching and Learning 

10 Reasons Why Spelling Is A Step Too Far!

29th April 201929th April 2019 Lynn How 719 Views 0 Comments Alexa, dictionary, English, Google, Key Stage 2, KS2, Literacy, Phonics, predictive text, Primary, QCA, Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency, spellcheck, Spelling, technology, Writing

Reading Time: 4 minutes Children don’t need to know how to spell, do they?

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Exams Students Teaching and Learning 

The 6 Most Effective Study Habits

11th April 20199th April 2019 Helen Sharpe 1583 Views 2 Comments ability, Chris Curtis, Concrete Examples, Dr. Robert Bjork, Dual Coding, elaboration, English, Exams, GCSE English Literature, interleaving, Modelling, Ofsted, retrieval practice, Revision, spacing, study habits, The Learning Scientists

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are the best ways to study?

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Curriculum Publication Teaching and Learning 

What Words Are Used In The Teaching Profession?

28th March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 681 Views 0 Comments dictionary, EBI, English, Literacy, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, WAGOLL, words, workplace, WWW

Reading Time: 2 minutes What words do you use at work that are not used anywhere else?

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Assessment Exams Policies 

Do School Examinations Fail Some Of Our Pupils?

10th March 20199th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 805 Views 4 Comments Curriculum, Dame Rachel De Souza, Debate Chamber, Dubai, Edward Thorndike, English, Examinations, Exams, Freddie McGill, Global Skills and Education Forum, Harvard, Jeanne Allen, Maths, Pilot, Premature, Professor Jo Ritzen, Susan Hopgood, The End of Average, Todd L Rose, USA Air Force

Reading Time: 5 minutes How did you score in your maths and English examinations at school?

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CPD Teaching and Learning Workload 

#1MinCPD: Planning English Lessons

7th November 20187th November 2018 Hanna Beech 1053 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, autonomy, characterisation, Characters, choices, Classroom Discussion, Discussions, English, expression, Extract, genre, Genres, Harry Potter, Narrative, poetry, pupil voice, speaking and listening, voices, Writing

Reading Time: 1 minute How can you develop pupil voice during English lessons?

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Assessment Podcasts Workload 

Podcast 30: How Common is Over-Marking?

20th October 201821st October 2018 Joshua McGovern 4508 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, English, live marking, Marking, Ofsted, over-marking, performing arts, Podcast, secondary, Workload, yellow box marking

Reading Time: 2 minutes How common is ‘over-marking’ for teachers?

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Parenting Podcasts Students 

Podcast 15: How Can We Increase Children’s Vocabulary?

21st April 20189th June 2019 Iesha Small 1760 Views 1 Comment #100vote, #BETT2018, #TTkit100Women, English, Entrepreneur, illustrations, Literacy, mrs wordsmith, Podcast, Reading, Sofia Fenichell, vocabulary, women

Reading Time: 1 minute How can we increase children’s vocabulary?

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Curriculum Podcasts Writing 

Podcast 14: Why Should Teachers Nurture Personal Creativity?

23rd March 20189th June 2019 Iesha Small 1538 Views 1 Comment adisa the poet, adisa the verbaliser, arts council, Creative Writing, Creativity, cycling, drama, English, Malcolm Gladwell, poetry, Sport, Storytelling, Tour De France, Workload, workshop

Reading Time: 1 minute Why should teachers nurture their personal creativity?

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CPD Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: Guided Reading Questions

10th January 20188th January 2018 Hanna Beech 2101 Views 2 Comments #1minCPD, debate, English, guided reading, Harry Potter, Homework, Literacy, Modelling, pause, pose, Questioning, speaking and listening

Reading Time: 1 minute What is the pause and pose reading strategy?

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Recruitment Teaching Secrets 

Why Supply Agencies Are The New ‘Del Boys’

1st December 201710th December 2017 A Teacher 4024 Views 8 Comments budget, cover supervisor, crisis, Del Boy, English, Maths, placement, Recruitment, Retention, science, supply, Supply Agencies, Training

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are supply agencies just wheelers and dealers? 

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Students Teaching and Learning 

The Biggest Barrier To Learning, Is The Classroom Itself!

15th September 201714th September 2017 James Manwaring 3270 Views 2 Comments Dead Poets Society, desks, drama, English, History, Music, outdoor learning, Outside, Robin Williams, science, The Dead Poets Society

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your classroom ‘holding back’ learning?

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Resources Review 

How To Revise: New English & Maths GCSEs

7th May 20177th May 2017 Holly Gardner 4555 Views EdExcel, English, exam, GCSE, Maths, Product Review, revision guide, revision strategies, Scholastic

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you need support helping your students revise this term?

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Teaching and Learning 

Meet Ms. Butterfield

20th February 20176th March 2017 John Dabell 4114 Views 2 Comments Assistant Headteacher, Chloe Butterfield, English, King Alfred's Academy in Oxfordshire, Teacher Profile

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you know a teacher that does remarkable things in a classroom?

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Resources Students 

Revision and Examinations by @TeacherToolkit

16th May 201524th May 2015 @TeacherToolkit 3399 Views 5 Comments @TheMassolit, A Streetcar Name Desire, Academics, Chris Tudor, Digital Resource, English, Examinations, Hamlet, Humanities, Moby Dick, ohn Lennard, Paradise Lost, Resources, Revision, Tennessee Williams

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a blog about a resource students and teachers can use for the examination and revision period; particularly English

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Behaviour Students Writing 

Don’t Be Like Me, A Blunting Pencil

13th September 201315th November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2229 Views 1 Comment A level, Blunt, Cause I Ain't Got A Pencil, Classroom, Creative Writing, Drugs, Education, English, Gangs, pencil, Poem, poetry, Rapper, School, Student, Teenager, The Salvation Army, Writing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Did you reach your full potential at school?

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