International Schools Blog

It’s time to reconsider our approach so that we’re setting up language learners for a more supported entrance into English literacy, and a more successful and enjoyable journey to being a reader.

We all know that students get stressed out by revision. They have a lot of important exams to study for, a dwindling amount of time, and – often – they are left to their own devices.

With exam season around the corner it’s time to get your students thinking seriously about revision. Here are our top tips to help improve recall, manage time and energy levels and much more.

More and more children around the world are growing up with two or more languages. But how do we best support their harmonious bilingual development?

To mark International Women’s Day, Christian Bryan provides starting points for a classroom discussion of the empowerment of women, highlighting the importance of including men and boys in the debate.

Tackling unconscious bias and building resilience in girls, to help them succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers.

Our rapidly changing world means that subject knowledge alone is no longer enough for young people to engage effectively in the new employment landscape. That’s where transferable skills come in.

How can we change the pattern of choosing higher-status languages over the natural mother tongue? Explore how parents, teachers and policy makers can make a difference to language priorities.

How can transferable academic skills like critical thinking, academic writing and assessment literacy assist in the process of shaping, presenting and building knowledge?