In this 12-page guide, we consider what teaching and learning should look like in schools from this September when all pupils are due to return following the Covid-19 lockdown...

Our free Back to School guides offer advice ahead of September and the wider opening of schools.

This free 12-page download features a range of contributions from teachers, school leaders and other experts – all offering practical reflections, advice and ideas for what teaching and learning should look like and how we can begin to tackle some of the lockdown learning gaps that will emerge as pupils return to the classroom full-time.

Articles include:

  • How will teaching change?
  • Assessing the lockdown learning gaps
  • A look at the role of remote learning from September
  • The specific challenges of supporting SEN students
  • Ideas for how we can take learning outside (and thus reduce infection risks)
  • Primary phase reflections: Effective use of technology, a focus on reading, and intelligent interventions
  • Back to the Future: Prior learning, questioning, cognitive load theory and CPD – all inspired by Marty McFly
  • Secondary phase reflections: Strategies to support year 11 students as they prepare for their GCSEs next summer

Back to School Guide: Teaching & Learning: Click here to download

 

This guide has been published with kind support from the National Education Union. You can read the NEU's latest advice on Covid-19 and the wider re-opening of schools via https://neu.org.uk/advice/coronavirus

There are four guides in this Back to School series published by Headteacher Update and our sister magazine SecEd.

  • The first guide published on July 1 and focused on students wellbeing and mental health. Click here.
  • The second guide published on July 8 and focused on staff support and wellbeing. Click here.
  • The third guide published on July 15 and focused on teaching and learning. Click here.
  • The fourth guide published on September 2 and focused on technology & remote learning. Click here.