Teaching and Learning

This much I know about…why, more surely than ever, I think it is essential for school leaders to teach

09/09/2017 2:13 pm09/09/2017By johntomsettIn Research, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning6 Comments

I have been a teacher for 29 years, a Headteacher for 14 years and, at the age of 53, this much I know about why, more surely than ever, I think it is essential for school leaders to teach. What…

This much I know about…the folly of valuing effort over outcomes

31/08/2017 6:36 pm31/08/2017By johntomsettIn School Leadership, Teaching and Learning6 Comments

I have been a teacher for 29 years, a Headteacher for 14 years and, at the age of 53, this much I know about the folly of valuing effort over outcomes. What do we value most in teachers, effort or…

This much I know about…how curriculum, assessment and teaching & learning are so inextricably linked

24/06/2017 7:43 pm24/06/2017By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning3 Comments

I have been a teacher for 29 years, a Headteacher for 14 years and, at the age of (nearly) 53, this much I know about how curriculum, assessment and teaching & learning are so inextricably linked. If one of the purposes…

This much I know about…how for the first 25 years of my teaching career I didn’t really understand what I was doing

17/06/2017 12:40 pm17/06/2017By johntomsettIn Research, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning1 Comment

I have been a teacher for 29 years, a Headteacher for 14 years and, at the age of (nearly) 53, this much I know about how for the first 25 years of my teaching career I didn’t really understand what I…

This much I know about resources for teaching how to write a short story for the writing question on the AQA English Language GCSE Paper 1

31/05/2017 1:43 pm31/05/2017By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning0 Comments

I have been a teacher for 28 years, a Headteacher for 13 years and, at the age of 52, this much I know about resources for teaching how to write a short story for the writing question on the AQA English…

This much I know about…a step-by-step guide to the writing question on the AQA English Language GCSE Paper 2

30/05/2017 7:24 pm30/05/2017By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning8 Comments

I have been a teacher for 28 years, a Headteacher for 13 years and, at the age of 52, this much I know about a step-by-step guide to the writing question on the AQA English Language GCSE Paper 2. In…

This much I know about…a step-by-step guide to the writing question on the AQA English Language GCSE Paper 1

30/05/2017 12:31 pm30/05/2017By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning21 Comments

This much I know about…modelling deliberate writing to a hall full of more than one hundred Year 13 students

14/02/2017 11:08 am14/02/2017By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning2 Comments

I have been a teacher for 28 years, a Headteacher for 13 years and, at the age of 52, this much I know about modelling deliberate writing to a hall full of more than one hundred Year 13 students. I write…

This much I know about…teaching Carol Ann Duffy's poem "War Photographer

10/02/2017 4:12 pm10/02/2017By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning6 Comments

I have been a teacher for 28 years, a Headteacher for 13 years and, at the age of 52, this much I know about teaching Carol Ann Duffy’s poem “War Photographer”. It doesn’t take much to make me feel like…

This much I know about…why subject specific key words are not enough for academic success

21/01/2017 10:09 pm21/01/2017By johntomsettIn Research, Teaching and Learning3 Comments

I have been a teacher for 28 years, a Headteacher for 13 years and, at the age of 52, this much I know about why subject specific key words are not enough for academic success. The following are all based…