Teaching and learning

Helen Howell is a Director of English and author of The Revision Revolution: How to build a culture of effective study in your school. Here, Helen discusses the teaching of explicit study skills and how to make simple tweaks to existing strategies to make the act of revising for GCSEs, A-levels and other exams more effective. 

Reading has never been more important for young people's wellbeing, personal growth and attainment. You'll find inspiring World Book Day resources to download as well as fun ideas for lessons, displays and activities to celebrate the day in style in your English class.  

The draft French specifications for the new curriculum are now published, and here at Teachit we already have resources to support you in your teaching of the 2024 curriculum content.

Head of EAL Anna Czebiolko shares tips on providing help with English as an additional language in the mainstream classroom.

Those of us in education do not need to be reminded of the wonder of books and the benefits of reading for pleasure.

Sadly, not all children embrace the joy of reading and so World Book Day (which, this year, takes place on 2 March) can be a great opportunity to increase their engagement and get them sharing books.

Help students to master the essentials of English and understand it's 'magic', and they'll quickly feel more confident as writers. Jill Carter, experienced English teacher and SPaG textbook writer, shares her favourite spelling, punctuation and grammar resources.