The Education Endowment Foundation Funds TCC’s Word and World Project I often hear teachers talk about wanting to ‘skill up’ their pupils, so that they might become better readers, and thus independent learners. At The Curriculum Centre, naturally, we are … Continue reading
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a big fan of grammar. A thorough understanding of English grammar transforms a pupil’s ability to use our language powerfully. My respect for the power of grammar came to me … Continue reading
Two weeks ago I spoke at a Cambridge Assessment event on Teaching and Assessing 21st century Skills. Regular readers of this blog will know my thoughts on 21st century skills, and the speech I gave was rather similar to this … Continue reading
At the end of February, I attended a conference on MFL teaching, held at Wellington College. It was an interesting conference and many ideas were posed as to how to improve teaching, and take up of MFL at GCSE and … Continue reading