Cinderella – in Arabic! Sara Mallo, and Manal Mahjoub are educators, born in Spain and Lebanon respectively, who have been fortunate enough to work with students and teachers in a variety of settings across the UK and abroad. They say: Our creativity comes to life through the Arabic Programme at Liverpool Life Sciences & STUDIO […]

Teaching and learning Time for culture and interaction Lucy Dreznin   “Mysterious thing, time. Powerful, and when meddled with, dangerous.” The astute observation from Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, leads me to think about what time means to our profession. A year ago, I made the decision to leave the classroom […]

Focus on … transition Is the thread unravelling? Witold Wozniak   Government expectations expressed in the Programme of Study are that teaching should focus on enabling pupils to make substantial progress in one language. This is not a very clear objective, especially to the many non-specialists in primary classrooms. However, skilful teaching from enthusiasts, careful planning, […]