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Planning and teaching well structured lessons

Last month I delivered CPD to our trainee teachers about planning and teaching well structured lessons. I’ve collated the main points from the CPD into this post in the hope that some of the strategies and ideas may be of use to some! None of them are original or new, but can help us toContinue reading “Planning and teaching well structured lessons”

Teaching visual – engaging students with their opinions

Teaching visual – getting to know new classes and introductions

Teaching visual – using add, change, challenge and develop in classroom discussions

Introductions and getting to know a new class

“Don’t smile before Christmas” used to be a common piece of advice for new teachers entering the classroom. By being an authoritarian teacher, you’ll have complete control over your class and you’ll never have any behaviour management issues ever! There is some truth in this, it’s much more difficult to begin with all jokes andContinue reading “Introductions and getting to know a new class”

Differentiation – it’s not about producing three different versions of a worksheet.

Differentiation through questioning and discussion. My plan is to write a series on differentiation, rather than one post because it’s such a huge topic. I thought I’d start off with questioning as it’s something that student teachers/NQT’s have often cited as difficult to master. I wrote this post because when I completed my teacher training,Continue reading “Differentiation – it’s not about producing three different versions of a worksheet.”

RE in the news classroom display

Great to highlight to students that RE is all around us and shapes our society on so many levels.

Using settlers to embed scripture knowledge

One of the most common difficulties students come across in RE is remembering the vast amounts of scripture. For the AQA GCSE (and other boards) student are expected to know and explain religious scripture in the 5 and 12 mark questions. Something I have focused and implemented into my own teaching practice is using settlersContinue reading “Using settlers to embed scripture knowledge”

Equality religious scripture quotes display

A simple classroom display resource with a quote about equality from each of the 6 main world religions. Great for classroom doors for students to read as they enter or for general display. Fab links with SMSC and British values too! Please download and use.

Complementing the Philosophy A Level with videos.

I compiled a list of philosophy videos and radio interviews for my year 12’s to complement and embed their A Level topics. For WJEC board, but would be useful for others too! Could also be a great bridging resource for year 11. I’ve always found that I rarely have the time to use videos whenContinue reading “Complementing the Philosophy A Level with videos.”