Scholars Blogs

The most important thing I have learnt during my teacher training is that strong student-teacher relationships can have a great impact on a class’ behaviour. I now believe they are vital in ensuring students learn effectively.

We hear Andreea Rotaru's thoughts on the CPD Workshop, ‘An example of a Teaching for Mastery lesson for KS3’, where participants experienced a sequence of lessons aimed at developing a deep understanding of maths as opposed to encouraging students to resort to rote learning.

Mathematics is undoubtably an important subject. It builds analytical, creative, deductive, inductive, and problem-solving skills, that can be used in all aspects of life and all careers.

Having just started my placement in my second school, I am glad to be back in the classroom.

In this vlog, Scholar Christoph Atkins tells us about a moment where he felt he really made a difference in the maths classroom.

The maths classroom has changed a lot since I was at school. Gone are the dusty chalkboards and the bulky slide projectors that were always slightly out of focus.