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One Hundred Words in Science
Exam season is upon us and I have lost count of the number of blog posts about revision lessons that I have seen. Some have been great, others not so! Every year I struggle with revision lessons. The...
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The Difference A Day Makes
This September was the start of my seventh year of teaching. We are only a month in to the new academic year, but, despite being physically exhausted, I feel like my passion for teaching has been...
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PBL – My First Draft. Part 1
It was on Twitter that I first heard of PBL (Project Based Learning). A number of people had written about projects they had carried out, and one name in particular kept on being mentioned; Berger....
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Making the new KS3 Science curriculum OURS!
September 2014 will see the first teaching of the new KS3 curriculum in Science. It seems to be a common complaint heard from teachers that we are constantly rewriting schemes of work. Every couple of...
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The Kids Aren’t Alright! (So what do we do now?)
I have recently attended meetings within my school that have been focused on the attainment and progress of KS3 (Years 7-9) pupils. These meetings have involved listening to Heads of each year group...
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Marking and Feedback: Before, During & After
The following post is a summary of a talk I recently delivered at the ASE East Conference in Harlow: When planning for the ASE conference I remarked to a colleague that I had picked a bit of a...
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Who I Am and What I Do!
The following post originally appeared on Rory Gallagher’s (@EddieKayshun) blog, ‘Who I am, What I do’. You should go and have a read – here! Read the blog and contribute yourselves – it is a fantastic...
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How far we’ve gone. How far we’re going.
As I started to think about the content of this post, I realised what a difficult task it was to try and summarise the type of year it has been. It has been a year of a few ‘firsts': the first year I...
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People learn best when…
I am currently completing an online course called ‘Leaders of Learning’. It is a free course delivered by an organisation called EdX – find their website here. I am going to write about my experience...
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Science Correspondents
A brief note about something new I have been trying in lessons this term… Every lesson I have chosen one pupil to act as our ‘Science Correspondent’. This pupil is given a lovely (!) badge to wear, a...
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#TLT14 – How CPD should be
It is the last week of the first half term of the year, and by now I would normally be desperately trying to drag my behind over the finish line that is the half term holiday. This year however I have...
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#Nurture1415
I am sitting on the couch at home with Gosford Park on the TV in front of me. It is 3 hours until midnight on New Years Eve. And I am writing a blog post about teaching! I am not sure what that says...
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MOOCs – A Sceptics First Experience.
The acronym MOOC stands for, ‘Massive open online course’. Put simply, MOOCs are free, open courses delivered by various institutions online. The format of these courses vary but they often employ the...
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Maximising Results in A Level Biology
So a few weeks ago I attended an INSET training delivered by John Medlicott (@Johnmedlicott) which was focused on, as the title of the post suggests, maximising results in A Level Biology. The...
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The Notice Board
So, it has been a while since I wrote my last post. It is nearly one year since I became Head of Biology in my current school and I have been fortunate enough to have recently been made Head of the...
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A Level Practical Endorsement – Start of a Journey 2016
I should start by saying that I detest coursework in all its forms (including controlled assessment). I say that as someone who benefited greatly from coursework through their own education. As a...
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#NSTA16 – Day 1
My first day at the National Science Teachers of America’s national conference in Nashville started with an early morning bus pick up from my hotel. I was fortunate to be going to visit Stratford STEM...
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#NSTA16 – Day 2
A first for me on day 2 of the NSTA national conference in Nashville – tornado warnings! Today was definitely a whirlwind of a day as I tried to pack in as much as I could. The first session I attended...
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#NSTA16 – Day 3
By day 3 I was feeling completely immersed in the NSTA culture and experience. Another great selection of sessions were ahead of me and thankfully the threat of tornadoes had gone as quickly as a free...
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#NSTA16 – Day 4
Day 4 of the NSTA conference was my last full day in the wonderful city of Nashville. Session 1 of the day was focused on the use of exercise books: ‘Science Notebooks: Tools to Develop Scientific...
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