The Role of Creativity and Innovation in Teaching Innovative teacher Lucy Bate, of Delamere Academy in Tarporley, Cheshire, found a creative way of teaching her students their times tables. As a Key Stage 2 teacher she has been taking her classes outside and using a drone “to capture the imagination of her maths pupils.” The…
Helping pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) With children back at school, teachers and support staff are rightly focusing on helping students to catch up on the work they may have missed during lockdown. But an important balance must be struck to ensure the needs of students with special educational needs and disabilities…
The Government’s Early Career Framework reforms. What is the difference between NQT and ECT – and what do these changes mean for you? First of all, it is important to point out that the reforms due to take effect in September this year are an extension of the government’s long-standing teacher recruitment and retention strategy, which…
Profile: Kirsty Gaythwaite – Goodwin Academy Kirsty Gaythwaite is a maths teacher at Goodwin Academy, a mixed secondary school in Deal, Kent. In 2020, she won a gold prize in the national teaching awards for outstanding new teacher of the year. She talked to Teach Now. Teach Now: How did you get into teaching? Kirsty…
