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 …

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 Tip #29: Traffic light Differentiation

This is a really useful lesson/activity structure which I am beginning to see used more and more across teaching and a structure which is actually a platform for creating regularly outstanding lessons. Essentially, the different colours/codes/descriptors are differentiated tasks which you either assign students to or allow them to choose. For example, I might create …