Hexis21May 2410 minWhy disciplinary literacy doesn't have to hurtThe whys and ways of prioritising subject specific literacy across the senior school What is disciplinary literacy and why is it...
Hexis21Feb 92 minHow Might We Re-imagine Assessment, Tracking, and Reporting?In the short video below, I want to share one approach that may help to support the measuring and tracking of skills across the senior...
Hexis21Feb 59 minWhy continual and planned formative assessment generates learning gains and develops characterWhy formative assessment strategies can demonstrate learning as opposed to performance.
Hexis21Dec 22, 20215 minThe 6 minutes it takes to read this will improve the way your child learns how to learn at home.As a high school teacher of almost two decades tenure, I can declare confidently that I understand how to teach children how to learn. As...
Hexis21Nov 13, 20214 minSupra curriculums: what they are and why schools and students need themSupra curriculums are activities, events and learning that enrich what already goes on in the classroom. The supra curriculum differs...
Hexis21Nov 10, 20215 minThe two most important steps to take if you want to sequence learning and teachingElaboration is a core teaching and instructional design strategy. At its most basic level, elaboration involves connecting new knowledge...
Hexis21Nov 10, 20215 minTraditional school reports are deadWhy progressive reporting offers meaning, direction and iteration As a senior school teacher, I have written thousands of end of...
Hexis21Aug 21, 20212 min1 simple & helpful strategy to teach reading for understandingreading for understanding is so central to learning and meaning making that its importance cannot be overstated
Hexis21Aug 21, 20218 minThe 8 minutes it will take you to read this will improve your teaching forever.The interconnected nature of learning, memory, brain function, stress and teaching using research about the science of learning
Hexis21Jul 9, 20213 minHow do people actually learn?Do your teaching resources take into account the science of learning? If they don't you may be cognitively overwhelming your students
Hexis21Jun 28, 20217 minHow OFSTED judges the quality of educationOFSTED state that it will judge schools' quality of education according to the following criteria: Intent Implementation Impact
Hexis21Jun 16, 20213 minSaying Goodbye to PupilsThe academic session 2020-1 is drawing to a close. Pupils are scattered around musical rehearsals, Duke of Edinburgh expeditions and...
Hexis21Jun 12, 20212 minWhen The Obstacle Is The WayThere was once a 3rd century BC merchant known as Zeno of Citium who, after being shipwrecked made his way to Athens
Hexis21Jun 1, 20216 minHow To Get Students To DO Something In The ClassroomI read an article written by Jennifer Gonzalez entitled, ‘To Learn, Students Need to DO Something’ and it made me consider my approach in...
Hexis21May 3, 202110 minA Brief Case Study of A Collaborative Critical Thinking Exercise.We know that the skills most in demand for the Fourth Industrial Revolution towards which we are hurtling towards at breakneck speed
Hexis21Apr 26, 20213 minUsing systems thinking to uncover connectionsEach week I run a discussion group called the Politics and International Relations Society. It is open to pupils aged 12-18 and each week...
Hexis21Apr 23, 20214 minMultimedia Learning PrinciplesCreating is fun, but research-driven creation is better. I write a lot about creativity and how creating within constraints can be
Hexis21Apr 21, 20214 minWhat to do when you don't know what to do.Have you ever felt stuck not knowing which way to turn next? I have. How we feel about a situation or ourselves comes from our thoughts,...
Hexis21Apr 12, 20216 minWhy creativity brings freedomI have worked as a secondary school teacher for the past 18 years and can usually identify the children that read and those that
Hexis21Apr 11, 20215 minWhat is creativity and why is it important?Creativity has been dubbed one of the most important skills for people to have in the 21st century. It is a skill that is in high demand now