Drafting Your Personal Statement - Step 1: Origin Story
In 15 minutes each week, this series of steps will help you build a solid first draft of your personal statement.
Read MoreNature in Action
The liveliness of my Y7s transformed into calm effort, and exploded again with energy - that was their nature in action.
Read MoreGreat Lines: John Steinbeck
Steinbeck’s style is uncomplicated and unadorned, but in these ways uncommonly clear and incisive.
Read MoreThis Little Light
Teacher wellbeing is as vital as the role teachers perform.
Read MoreThe Love of Language - Part 1: Sound Effects
These ‘sound tools’ makes analysis infinitely more enjoyable, as they give students a license to describe the effects of language in fun and satisfying ways.
Read MoreGood Stuff
English teaching, done right, imparts a love of working language.
Read More'All the bright precious things'
I’ve often wondered at Lurhmann’s line and at this sweeping moment in his version of Gatsby.
Read MoreHow Do We Know? - Part 2: Bias
In our consumption of information, we like what we like, we follow what we like, and we believe what we like.
Read MoreHow Do We Know? - Part 1: Ways of Knowing
How do we know what we know? A blog series exploring knowledge in the digital age.
Read MoreThe Bridgerton Allure - Part 2: The Splendour
Splendour is infused with extrinsic value, and made splendid by the attention we pay it.
Read MoreAmanda Gorman: 'The Hill We Climb' (2021)
Gorman tackles the ugliness of racism head on, in a modern lyrical masterpiece that fuses free verse with spoken word, winding the listener through ancient and recent horrors to conclude on a hopeful call to action.
Read MoreThe Bridgerton Allure - Part 1: The Mashup
While Bridgerton is derivative, it is variously so; it’s a mashup of popular society narratives.
Read MoreMerry Little Christmas
As the song imparts, the ‘muddle’ doesn’t preclude the ‘merry’; it necessitates it.
Read More'Expect the Unexpected': Oxford Interview Tips
Guest post by Tabi Brewster, reading English Language and Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford.
Read MoreThe 5-Point Narrative: How to Plot a Short Story
Once the basic structure of a story is outlined, the writer is free to imagine and inscribe the rich detail that will enhance the storytelling and boost the performance of their work.
Read MoreScaffolding and the Structure of Thought
This structural engagement is a form of ‘cognitive apprenticeship’ in which thinking is made visible to support understanding and mastery.
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