Vicky is the Marketing Executive at Focus Education.
How can we help learners to think metacognitively and how can thinking metacognitively help in accelerating pupil progress? Get pupils to: think about the planning, monitoring, and evaluation; talk aloud about how they think they can tackle the task (planning); talk about any adjustments they made as they were doing... View Article
Free History Learning Challenge Curriculum Template Our Learning Challenge Curriculum plan, ‘What has changed since my grandparents were young?’ sample plan will help primary school history teachers to provide their pupils with fun and engaging history lessons while also integrating the learning of other subjects. This particular Learning Challenge plan... View Article
Monitoring and Evaluation of subject leaders Monitoring subject leaders is crucial if you are to make judgments about the quality and success of a subject. It is one of the most difficult things to arrange, given the time constraints and fact that there are many subjects to monitor. Senior leaders... View Article
Free Focus Education Learning Challenge Curriculum Template Our free Learning Challenge ‘What makes the Earth angry?’ sample plan will help primary school teachers to provide their pupils with a fun and engaging primary curriculum. This sample plan is based on the Learning Challenge approach. You might want to amend the... View Article
Tips for NQTs – Parent Consultation Most NQTs are understandably nervous about the prospect of their first parent consultation evening alone as ‘the’ teacher. Many trainees get the opportunity to sit in on parent consultations during a school placement. The chances are that you will be exhausted after your parent... View Article
Primary School Maths Results Infograph A maths infograph, looking at the expected standards, gender differences in KS2 SATs results, trends in international maths and changes in maths results in the maths curriculum in primary schools. Schools Reaching the Expected Standard This infograph shows the highest performing local authorities are concentrated... View Article
