Category Archives: Teaching Tips

  Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention. Mistakes, however, I’ve made (and continue to make) many of them. I made one this morning. I was working through a difficult “ladders” question with an A level Mechanics class, a problem that I had set as a homework and most couldn’t […]

We live in strange times, very strange times. Due to the Corvid 19 pandemic, on Friday all schools shut. The writing was on the wall from the start of the week and I began to “upskill” myself rather rapidly, to enable me to continue to teach remotely. I am lucky – I teach in a […]

I think it was only a few years into my teaching career that it dawned on me. A realisation of which I am not proud, a moment of self-awareness that still leaves me cringing. I must have been one of those pupils that drive teachers to despair. Not all my teachers, mind. No, my maths, […]

Genius! In my 20+ years of teaching I’ve encountered trends, gimmicks, fads and theories, but I think I have just found the best bit of teaching advice, ever. Thank you Jonathan Whellan, that is pure genius! And for your convinence, here is a ten minute timer on YouTube (click on the cog icon/settings to change […]