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
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
You can download this PDF by clicking here.
There are four guides in this Back to School series published by SecEd and our sister magazine Headteacher Update.
- 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 and remote education. Click here.
For each guide, there is a related episode of The SecEd Podcast featuring further best practice discussion, advice and guidance. These podcasts are publishing in September and October 2020. Find them at www.sec-ed.co.uk/content/podcasts