Repairing Relationships You wake up and feel a sense of dread. It takes a few seconds to realise the cause. It’s a Wednesday, the sun is shining and you slept well. But something is lurking at the periphery of your consciousness…THAT group. Period 7. Urgh... It all started well enough. You treated them the same …
Literacy: A view from History
Having been a History teacher for nearly ten years, I have become increasingly interested in the role literacy plays in enabling students to access the curriculum. This might seem a very obvious feature of History in terms of both teaching methods and as a discipline itself, given that much of History involves reading the work …
The Behaviour Toolkit
Alongside our TeachMeets on Behaviour Management (Thurs 12 September and Friday 8 November, at 1.30 in the Smallbone Library Meeting Room) this blog seeks to translate some of the key strands of behaviour management theory into a tool kit of practical strategies for use in the classroom. Though debate rages over how to generate a …
How do we set our aims and goals?
The lead practitioners share their thoughts about setting professional goals and outline what they hope to achieve over the coming academic year. JAS: Choosing the areas I want to develop this year All of us will be completing our Professional Review page over the next few weeks, reflecting upon aims we set last year and …
Broccoli – by Jenny Toerien and Joe Sanders
Natural detoxification, improved digestion, keeping you regular. These are the main benefits of eating broccoli. Nothing to do with actually liking it. Perhaps they've never properly tried it, gulping it down and moving onto the roast potatoes as quickly as possible, failing to appreciate its versatility, vibrancy and taste. Children and adults around the world …
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Oakham School’s Festival of Learning
Oakham School enjoyed the first ever Oakham Festival of Learning on Tuesday 4th June. A series of events ran throughout the day with workshops for pupils and staff alike hosted by members of the staff Teaching and Learning team and other colleagues. Pupils were invited to participate in a creative writing ‘microstories’ workshop over breakfast, …
Reading for pleasure : making time, making a difference
Creating a reading culture at Oakham School Written by Bernadette O'Hanlon (Operations and Reader Development Librarian) It has long been acknowledged that reading for pleasure is linked to improving a child’s vocabulary. This knowledge alone should be sufficient in championing dedicated time for reading, for a limited vocabulary can be a barrier to understanding and …
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