by Sarah Hughes | Jan 9, 2021 | Boys, Exam literacy, Literacy, Reading, Speaking and Listening
The Literacy Handbook newsletter #1 Show how brilliant you can be Welcome to the first newsletter. The purpose of the newsletter is to share simple and – as a result – sustainable ideas with you on how to improve learning, confidence and exam results. Our first...
by Sarah Hughes | Mar 11, 2020 | Literacy, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
“Not only is it important to ask questions and find the answers, as a scientist I felt obligated to communicate with the world what we were learning.” ― Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions What have Professor Brian Cox, Doctor Maggie...
by Sarah Hughes | Mar 5, 2020 | Literacy, Reading
‘Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.’ – Frederick Douglas Nobody likes having to do things that they’re not good at – and students who say they hate reading usually struggle with it, and may have done so since primary school. Demoralising, to...
by Sarah Hughes | Feb 26, 2020 | Literacy, Speaking and Listening
“If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.” – W. Edwards Deming Debate is hugely beneficial to learning, exam performance and life [see ‘How to teach debate (part 1)’]. The two essential skills needed for a successful debate are...
by Sarah Hughes | Feb 5, 2020 | Literacy, Speaking and Listening
“The most important tactic in an argument next to being right is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.” Stephen Jay Gould We’re hard-wired to prefer consensus over...
