Suggestions have been put forward that students should repeat this current academic year. Please, no! Our young people have suffered enough. The impact of repeating a year is logistically and morally not viable. As well as student wellbeing, we need to consider budgets, teaching staff, the capacity of schools. Such a decision will impact and […]
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With the prospect of social isolation, the traditional methods of teaching are no longer applicable. A new way of long distance learning needs to be swiftly incorporated to ensure all students get the very best support at this crucial time. The most obvious solution is educational technology – EdTech. Teachers have been left with a
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NATE Teachmeet Burnside College, Wednesday 13th November. Our first NATE North East Teachmeet for this academic term was a great success. It was great to see so many enthusiastic practitioners of English all working together with a common aim – to make the students’ experience as positive and inspiring as possible. One of the reasons
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Teacher feature is a regular column in the NATE magazine. Here is my recent contribution where I had to the honour of being the Featured Teacher! The Books My summer reading was a mixed bag. Barbara Kingsolver‘s ‘The Poisonwood Bible’, is one if my favourite novels, so I embarked on ‘Unsheltered’ with relish. I really
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