International Schools Blog

The German university admission authority Anabin has announced more flexible arrangements for students taking UK curriculum qualifications.

Literacy skills are incredibly important for children and young people. The ability to read, write and communicate effectively is crucial in every subject and at every educational level, from primary classrooms to university lecture halls and beyond. What’s more, according to research from the National Literacy Trust, children who enjoy reading and writing are happier. So, how can we support students to develop these essential skills, and make literacy a priority in our international school classrooms?

Paula Rowlands has taught International GCSE, A Level, MYP and DP Mathematics since 2007 and is currently the Head of Mathematics at an MYP and DP School in Switzerland. She is a co-author for Pearson’s new Mathematics for the IB Middle Years Programme series and shares in this article her observations on how teachers can support a successful transition from MYP to DP Mathematics.

Starting a new job is exciting, but also nerve wracking. There’s a steep learning curve when you join a new international school – but there are some strategies you can employ to make sure you get off to a flying start in your new role.

After the challenges we’ve seen in education over the past year or so, we’ve been speaking to teachers and leading maths experts on how they see the changes to teaching and learning impacting on the future of primary maths.

Teaching is one of the caring professions. Teachers are deeply invested in their students’ happiness and wellbeing – it comes with the territory.

On 1 April 2021, the Department for Education in England released updated essential core criteria that DfE-validated systematic synthetic phonics (SPP) programmes must adhere to and announced that they were launching a validation process closing in March 2022.

A second year of disruption to examinations has brought to centre-stage questions of how and why we assess, and of the balance of assessment, teaching and learning.

Have you heard the phrase ‘growth mindset’? It is the belief that we all have the ability to learn and improve. It was coined by Dr Carol Dweck, an American psychologist who was interested in student attitudes towards failure.

Novels, short stories, poems and plays offer readers an unique opportunity. Literature provides a new perspective on the world, an understanding of experiences very different from your own, and an insight into different environments and cultures through the writings of authors past and present.