Teaching and learning Time for culture and interaction Lucy Dreznin   “Mysterious thing, time. Powerful, and when meddled with, dangerous.” The astute observation from Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, leads me to think about what time means to our profession. A year ago, I made the decision to leave the classroom […]

Focus on … transition Is the thread unravelling? Witold Wozniak   Government expectations expressed in the Programme of Study are that teaching should focus on enabling pupils to make substantial progress in one language. This is not a very clear objective, especially to the many non-specialists in primary classrooms. However, skilful teaching from enthusiasts, careful planning, […]

How to … weave together Geography and Language – exploring new pedagogies through CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)   Helen Aberdeen and Michelle Graffagnino,  University of Bristol School of Education.   Early in 2022, an MFL tutor at Bristol University’s School of Education mentioned to her geography colleague that she was doing a session […]