What better way to celebrate turning another year older than with 26 crucial life lessons that I’ve picked up after 26 birthdays? Here are nine on everything I know about education … More 26 lessons from 26 birthdays: education
Believe it or not, there’s more to getting ready for going back to school than simply buying stationary – fun as it may be.
There’s even more involved when you’re a teacher. Here’s the ultimate back-to-school checklist. … More What you need to do before the new school year
The Feynman Technique is fundamental in helping us to understand the most complex of topics. Using this will help you to learn something so well that you’ll be able to teach it to a high standard in no-time 🤓 … More The Feynman Technique – learning made easy | Study tips
This latest study tip is a tried-and-tested method: record, write, cover, check, repeat. Start sussing out your content with this study tip and you’ll be an expert in no-time. … More Study like an expert – record, write, cover, check, repeat
You’ve been revising wrong. So many of us – myself included at one point – believe that it’s enough to simply read a textbook, or highlight pages in a book. We make things look pretty and believe that, surely now, we’ll remember what we’ve learned – right?
Wrong. Let’s fix that. … More Cornell Note Taking – Study Tips
What good is a revision timetable, a collection of all of the best revision methods and a tricked-out working-from-home setup if you’re constantly getting distracted all day long? These are the Big Three study tips that worked a trick for me at University. … More Kicking out distractions – Study Tips
It’s everyone’s favourite time of the year: when the most teaching jobs tend to go live! Here’s what you need on your checklist when looking for your first teaching job. … More Finding the perfect school | A checklist
Feedback is an essential part of life, in school or otherwise. How do you know how you’ve done in something if nobody tells you? Here’s how to do a better job of it in the classroom 👨🏻🏫 … More Learning with our mistakes | Feedback in the classroom
Windsor Academy Trust dedicates 1 INSET day a year to the WAT Conference, where all 9 schools come together to share good practice and celebrate the work of staff and students. What was it like? And what did we all get up to? … More The WAT Conference | Review
Doug Lemov once said that practice makes permanent – and it’s true. The more we practice, the more we will remember what we have practiced. Will what we recall be correct? Hopefully, but not if we’ve consistently practiced the wrong thing. … More Practice makes permanent | Secrets to success
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