Teaching Tip #42: Getting Boys and Middle to Lower Attainers to Revise

You've spent at least the last two years planning, marking, teaching, making phone calls home, having the motivational conversations and whatever else your school requires you to do but essentially, it all comes down to how much work the students are prepared to put in if they are to at least avoid abject failure. Revision …

Teaching Tip #36 Behaviour Mentality

You can probably guess the kind of week I've had at school by looking at the title of this tip. As Head of Department, one of the most important things you have to deal with is the behaviour of students (and sometimes teachers and T.A.s) during lessons. You have to be seen to be swift, …

Teaching Tip#34: Learning Grids

Here is a great revision activity which works superbly well for any subject and any ability. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, the Learning Grid! The aim of the game is very simple. I give pairs a dice and ask them to create a grid reference by rolling the dice twice (a little bit of …

Teaching Tip #33: How to win the confidence of parents

One of the things that always makes me apprehensive is dealing with parents who I feel will be difficult or will  question the way in which I interact with their child. Whilst there will always be parents who will always be challenging (but is this any different to any other line of work?) there are …