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Stay Energised this School Year – Tips on maintaining your spark

Stay Energised this School Year – Tips on maintaining your spark

The start of a new academic year is a time of promise and anticipation. Staff are feeling organised and energised. Students are feeling motivated and determined. Sadly, this nascent feeling does not always last. The question is then, how can

admin September 2, 2016 Physics, Scheme of Work, Student Engagement, Teacher Toolbox Read more

GCSE Waves – Ideas on Making it Relevant

GCSE Waves – Ideas on Making it Relevant

Welcome to the fourth instalment of the ‘Making it Relevant’ series: Waves. Firstly, we are going to take a look at why we teach Waves at GCSE. Then the content typically required in the new GCSE specifications will be summarised.

admin August 30, 2016September 10, 2016 Physics, Scheme of Work, Student Engagement, Waves Read more

Be Positive About STEM Careers… For Everyone’s Sake

Be Positive About STEM Careers… For Everyone’s Sake

Do a quick internet search with the keywords ‘girls’, ‘physics’ and ‘STEM’. Go on… I did, it was illuminating.  Up came headlines such as: ‘Girls are under-represented in physics’ (1); ‘Only 20% of girls choose to study physics at A

admin August 24, 2016August 25, 2016 Data and Statistics, Gender, Physics Read more

GCSE Atoms & Radiation – Ideas on Making it Relevant

GCSE Atoms & Radiation – Ideas on Making it Relevant

Welcome to the third instalment of our ‘Making it Relevant’ Series. Firstly, we are going to take a look at why we teach Atoms & Radiation at GCSE. Then the content typically required in the new GCSE specifications will be

admin August 23, 2016September 10, 2016 Atoms and Radiation, GCSE, Physics, Scheme of Work, Student Engagement Read more

GCSE Electricity – Ideas on Making it Relevant

GCSE Electricity – Ideas on Making it Relevant

Firstly, we are going to take a look at why we teach electricity at GCSE. Then the content typically required in the new GCSE specifications. Finally we will be thinking about how this can be made engaging and relevant to

admin August 4, 2016September 10, 2016 Electricity, GCSE, Physics, Scheme of Work, Student Engagement, Teacher Toolbox Read more

Latest Teacher Statistics from the DfE and the Possible Implications for Physics Teaching

Latest Teacher Statistics from the DfE and the Possible Implications for Physics Teaching

Whole School Implications On June 30th 2016 The Department For Education published their most recent statistics on the teaching workforce in the UK. Looking at the data for secondary schools in the UK, from 2015 to 2016 there has been

admin August 2, 2016August 25, 2016 Data and Statistics, News Report, Physics Read more

Fission and Fusion to Meet?

Fission and Fusion to Meet?

A little over 30 years ago, the town of Pripyat became a household name when one of the nuclear reactors at the massive Chernobyl plant exploded. When you are teaching the topics of radioactivity or generation of electricity it is difficult

admin July 27, 2016August 25, 2016 News Report, Physics Read more

GCSE Energy – Ideas on Making it Relevant

GCSE Energy – Ideas on Making it Relevant

In this article: Firstly the reasons for learning about energy will be discussed, then the typically specified GCSE energy content will identified and finally some ideas abut how this can all be taught in an engaging and relevant manner will

admin July 21, 2016September 10, 2016 Energy, GCSE, Physics, Scheme of Work, Student Engagement, Teacher Toolbox Read more

6 Simple Ways to Boost the Engagement of Girls in Physics

6 Simple Ways to Boost the Engagement of Girls in Physics

Frequently by the time girls start senior school they have already formed their own strong ideas about whether they like physics or not. We can not change this pre-existing disposition but, as teachers and educators, we can try to sway

admin July 19, 2016August 25, 2016 Gender, Physics, Student Engagement Read more

Planning to Make Next Year (a little bit) Easier

Planning to Make Next Year (a little bit) Easier

Heads of Faculty: Advance Planning – 3 ways to make your teachers lives (a little bit) easier next year Schemes of Work Firstly, you need one. I appreciate that the newly accredited GCSE specifications have been a more than a

admin July 15, 2016August 25, 2016 Physics, Scheme of Work Read more
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