Teaching and learning

Love it or hate it, the PEE approach to paragraph writing and paragraph structure has had a profound impact on the way that English is taught in secondary schools. Whether you are a PEE or PETER advocate or you are looking for inspiration, you'll find a range of classroom resources on paragraph writing to suit your style of teaching and your students' needs. 

Schools are beginning to understand the huge potential benefits of metacognition and self-regulation in teaching and learning. Chris Runeckles, Assistant Director and Assistant Headteacher at the Durrington Research School, shares his insights about how to use metacognitive questioning and modelling to ensure you get the implementation right for learners. 

Michael Chiles is an Associate Assistant Principal and author of a range of CPD books for teachers, including The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education. Here he shares his advice for encouraging students to follow up on the feedback they are given.  

As we know, the threat to our planet and to the human race posed by climate change is all too real. With the government's promise at COP26 to have a model science curriculum including sustainability and climate change in place by 2023, we all have a duty to help children understand what we mean by the term 'climate change', how we have caused it to happen, and, most importantly, how we can contribute to the solution. As Emmanuel Macron put it, 'Let us face it, there is no Planet B.'

The teaching of grammar has long been a hotly debated topic in MFL teaching. Theories have differed not just about how to teach it but even about whether to teach it explicitly at all ...

Whether you're teaching the youngest or the oldest, we have resources to support children starting school and children making the transition to year 7.