Teaching & Learning English
The Mushroom 
The e-book below was put together by my Grade 6 English Language and Literature class as a warm up for our current unit Do you believe in magic? They are a very productive class – this work only took them half an hour, including the research 🙂 [dflip id=”12563″][/dflip]
Here are some of the best examples from our recent Penny Dreadful writing summative assessments… [dflip id=”12444″][/dflip] [dflip id=”12446″][/dflip] [dflip id=”12442″][/dflip] [dflip id=”12440″][/dflip] [dflip id=”12437″][/dflip] [dflip id=”12434″][/dflip]
I have been doing a lot of research into assessing student-led seminars recently. Here is a QR code that can take you to an article I wrote about this research. My latest seminar sessions have been as productive as the earlier ones and working with students who are readily able to articulate their ideas in … Read more
This article introduces an interesting project that combined two of my professional interests: design and education. Specifically, I describe the educational rationale and creative process involved in the design of the Yinhai Academy (later Milton School) House logos. Background I moved to Yinhai Academy late in 2017 to work primarily as a high school English … Read more
The British Empire was very big. At its peak, it included a quarter of the world’s population. What was it like for children who lived in the British Empire? This page shares some interesting facts about the terrible jobs children did in those days. The following pages are from Sir Tony Robinson’s book The … Read more
The students were writing pages for our Magic School brochure this week. The aim is to introduce some of the staff at the Magic School. Here are some of the results:
The Magic School HR department are pleased to announce that Art Teacher‘s application was successful and she has now joined the Magic School as the new art teacher 🙂 CONGRATULATIONS to ART TEACHER the ART TEACHER! [su_spoiler title=”View the winning interviews” icon=”folder-1″ class=”whatever”] [/su_spoiler] The HR department were so impressed with the quality of … Read more
In class, we learned about the famous artist Banksy. This reminded our powerful headteacher, Elvis Grumblebore that the Magic School needs a new art teacher. Below are the biographies of some of the best applicants. Who should get the job?
This article is the original version that I submitted for publication by the school. I edited the school publication significantly before it was published. Introduction Over the past five years, I have worked mostly with undergraduates and postgraduates in UK universities and high school students undertaking foundation year or IELTS preparation programmes in China. On … Read more
An epic fantasy adventure written for children by children. This is the second book in the series and it establishes all the main characters. The story is about the struggle to be the next king and follows the powerful superhero Aladin-Man on an epic quest. He encounters monsters, a magic tree, an unusual gardener and … Read more
A fantasy adventure written for children by children. This is the first book in the series and it is part of the back story of one of the main characters, Wutong Zakameeniat. In the words of the little 4-year-old who created the character, “Wutong isn’t a baddie or a goodie. Sometimes he is naughty. Sometimes … Read more
