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Last term we were looking at how China has changed and developed over the last 15 years. As part of their studies my lads were looking into the Chinese Firewall. This is a video that one of my Year...

What I am about to say would probably get me hung drawn and quartered in some schools, or at the least get me a big fat 4 in an OFSTED observation (assuming the new guidelines still love LOs) but I...

I am a bit disappointed in myself! I have not been able to blog anywhere near as much as I would have liked recently. What with the trials of being an NQT in an inner city London school and my desperate...

I have tried this end to a lesson (hate the word plenary) with a couple of classes now and have found that it works really well. You probably need a good 10-15 minutes to do it in any meaningful way...

My A level students have told me that they are struggling when it comes to learning and revising case studies. I have tried a few things with them to help them digest they key information. They didn...

The following is a lesson I have put together that allows my year 7s to develop their newly learned atlas skills while exploring the concept of place. The idea of the starter and main tasks is to get...

The concept of a virtual field trip is something I played around with during my PGCE year. In the year and a bit I have been teaching I have tried a couple of variations. I find they are a great way...

Its been a while since my last post but now feels like a good time to write one. I have completed my first week of teaching as an NQT and I am now certain that I made the right decision when I chose...