Teaching Tip #38 Revision Clocks

Are you running out of ideas when it comes to revision? Do you find re-cap lessons lengthy to plan and very teacher lead? Well, this exercise is the answer to all of the above. I tried it today and I was blown away at the results. Essentially, you divide the time you have in your …

Teaching Tip #35:The Exam talk

For many schools around the world we are now getting to the crunch time. The time whereby no matter how hard we've worked, and no matter how difficult it may have been to get our students to listen, we are about to be judged by their effort and performance. However, this is my favourite time …

Teaching Tip #32: Becoming a better teacher

We all want to be the best, otherwise why are we even bothering? So how do we go about achieving this? We all begin at different points but there is no doubt that however naturally gifted you are at something, anyone can become a superb teacher, who helps students achieve outstanding results simply by working …

Teaching Tips #30 Revising key Quotes

Ever increasingly, exam boards require exams to be 'closed book' which alters the dynamic of our teaching and the students' revision. Before I list possible activities which you can include in order to help the students recall and use quotations far better, there are a couple of things to consider: Students need to use 'perfect …