English and MFL

​Whether it’s a screening of Polanski’s Romeo and Juliet to convince a group of teenagers the Bard’s not boring, a critical analysis…

​It may not be conclusive, but when you have stood at the Globe on a damp day to watch a performance of The Tempest and heard the tears of…

​Creating a mystery scenario in an MFL lesson is a very effective and engaging metacognitive activity that is highly versatile and can be…

​We all know that some learners find descriptive writing very difficult; this is particularly true for those who find taking imaginative…

Children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better at school, according to new research from the Institute of Education.…

​Should we really be giving students prizes to acknowledge anything from attendance to attainment? Angela Youngman investigates the rise…

​You’re not the only one tired of revisiting the same old topics year after year, so why not take a tip from Salim Foughali, and take…

Learners will be desperate to read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic work of detective fiction, following Jerome Monahan’s engaging…

Today you will… Learn about informal gold mines and why children work there Discuss how working in gold mines affects children’s lives…

​Screen Time Film can be a fantastic medium for developing teaching and learning across the curriculum, as Steven Keevil explains… As a…

​Phonics expert Debbie Hepplewhite has some fantastic advice for improving literacy across the curriculum… Q I teach English in an…

​BETWEEN THE LINES Give learners confidence in their own reponses to unseen poetry with John Irving Clarke’s playful plan… Those long…

​TODAY YOU WILL… VIDEO RECORD A WEATHER FORECAST THAT YOU PRESENT IN FRENCH CREATE A POWERPOINT SLIDE WITH ANIMATIONS PRACTISE YOUR BEST…