Voices across the Downe House community explain, uncover, assert and celebrate education.
Mrs Basnett (Director of Digital Learning, Teacher of French) offers a practical exploration of how technology can help us to encourage collaboration within the classroom.
Mr Rivers (Head of Physics) and Mr Seddon (Teacher of Physics) outline the suite of support that exists for students at Downe House studying Physics.
Mr Breeze (Teacher of Chinese and Head of the Elective Programme) explores some of the fascinating disciplinary debates that take place within the MFL teaching community about how to use the target language in teaching.
Dr Atherton (Director of Learning and Research, Teacher of English) explores the concept of desirable difficulties and why they make a difference to student learning.
The Digital Downe-load #4 | Mrs Basnett takes us through a day in her life as the Director of Digital Learning at Downe House.
Mr Godfrey (Deputy Head) writes his account of Downe House's Academic Conference on the topic of Maximising Pupils' Potential.
The latest focus for our Academic Staff has been on metacognition. Read on to discover what they have learnt.
The Digital Downe-load #3 | Mrs Basnett (Director of Digital Learning) discusses AI from a teacher's perspective.
Mrs Patrick (Assistant Housemistress, Teacher of Geography) shares some of the ways we can help to ignite academic curiosity within our students.
Mrs Basnett (Director of Digital Learning, Teacher of French) provides a wealth of practical strategies for embedding retrieval practice into lessons.
Dr Atherton (Director of Learning and Research, Teacher of English) outlines why retrieval practice is so effective as well as some of its guiding principles.
Miss Palmer (Teacher i/c Psychology, Resident Tutor, EPQ Supervisor, EDIB Coordinator) explains the importance of EDI teaching and how to embed this into teaching and learning.
