World Wildlife Day - 3 March 2016 Posted on 3 March 2016 by Tom Silver - Kent-Teach in General 3 March marks World Wildlife Day, an international day to raise awareness of wildlife conservation. Find out how you can use this topic in the classroom. Read More...
Student Volunteering Week 2016 Posted on 22 February 2016 by Tom - Kent-Teach in General Before I started work as an English Language teacher in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, I was unsure about what to expect. I had visions of a classroom full of silent, disengaged students, raising their eyebrows in incredulity as I bumbled my way through my first lesson. It was this feeling of depredation that motivated me to do some volunteer work in a school before I started teaching in earnest. Read More...
A Kent NQT School Teacher's Experience - Q&A Posted on 13 February 2016 by Kent-Teach in General Will is a primary school teacher in Dartford. He studied for his teaching degree at Chichester University and is in his first post-NQT year of teaching. Tom from the Kent-Teach team met up with him to ask him a few questions about his NQT year and about teaching in general. Read More...
14 Quirky Things You Didn’t Know About Kent Posted on 11 February 2016 by Kent-Teach in General Because it’s more than just the Garden of England 1. Ever wonder where Mick Jagger and Keith Richards first met? Wonder no more because they met at Dartford Railway Station. (Whilst we wouldn’t suggest idly hanging out at a train station, we do recommend exploring Bluewater for food, retail therapy and the blue water that surrounds it.)..... Read More...
Online Safety Within the School Inspection Handbook Posted on 9 February 2016 by Rebecca Avery - e-Safety Officer in EdTech | General This post follows on from a post which highlights online safety within Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework. This post highlights elements reflective of online safety regarding how schools will be inspected. Read More...
NSPCC Number Day Posted on 1 February 2016 by Rebecca - Kent-Teach in General NSPCC Number Day is a nationwide fun mathematics event held this Friday 5th February 2016. Schools are encouraged to take part in Number Day to positively influence children and engage them with maths... Read More...
Chinese New Year in the classroom - 28 January 2017 Posted on 31 January 2016 by Wing Shek - Kent-Teach in General 8 February 2016 is Chinese New Year, here are some great ideas on how to celebrate it in the classroom. Read More...
6 Top Tips to Help Motivate Students Posted on 26 January 2016 by Julia Skinner - Retired Headteacher in General Motivating students for one lesson is a challenge – keeping them continually motivated is an even bigger one, but if we invest the time, effort and energy into developing lessons that sustain student motivation week after week, we find that students both enjoy and achieve more. Here are some suggestions to get you started... Read More...
Martin Luther King Day Posted on 13 January 2016 by Tom Silver - Kent-Teach in General 21 January marks Martin Luther King Day. Here are some ideas on teaching the Civil Rights movement. Read More...
Maximising your School's Recruitment Potential by Updating your School Details Posted on 7 January 2016 by Rebecca - Kent-Teach in General | Career Did you know we have 93,000 registered members on Kent-Teach? That’s a substantial number of potential applicants that could be interested in working at your school. One of the first insights applicants have into your school is your Kent-Teach profile page. So are you promoting your school in the best way possible? Read More...