Teaching and learning

Emily Folorunsho, head of KS4 history, SLE and lead practitioner, shares her ideas on how to celebrate and engage with Black History Month with historical rigour.

Dr Martha Vandrei, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, shares her observations about historical bias and the changing narratives of ‘history’ by exploring the retelling of Boudica’s story.

In my book, Are You Dropping the Baton, I painted a positive picture of what schools can achieve when they work closely together. However, it is with great sadness that I can see the gap has not narrowed over the past decades. Indeed, there are many signs indicating that it has, in fact, widened. We are now staring into not a gap but a chasm, and it is one that claims more victims every year.

French, Spanish and history teacher Maud Waret discusses the damaging legacy of colonialisation, outlines the principles behind decolonising education and offers advice on what a decolonised MFL lesson might include.

Head of EAL Anna Czebiolko shares tips on providing help with English as an additional language in the mainstream classroom.

Classroom management is crucial to learning. We can plan a brilliant curriculum, utilise evidence-informed teaching strategies and have the most in-depth subject knowledge, but if pupil behaviour is poor, learning is unlikely to occur. Here we discuss aspects of classroom management that can help teachers ensure effective learning in their classrooms.