Voices across the Downe House community explain, uncover, assert and celebrate education.
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.
The Digital Downe-load #2 | Mrs Basnett (Director of Digital Learning) discusses the importance of AI education.
Miss Lister (Housemistress) shares her original research exploring the impact social media can have on emotional wellbeing within adolescents.
Bob Chilcott and Travis Baker visited Downe House for a day of inspiring workshops for our young musicians.
The Centre for Learning and Research at Downe House has a single aim: to use the latest and most cutting-edge educational research to improve the outcomes of our pupils.
Mr Atherton (Director of Learning and Research) considers some of the ways we might use art in the English Literature classroom, drawing examples from his own teaching.
In this article, Mrs Clarke (Head of Chemistry) shares with us her views about the impact AI might have on the teaching of the future, and indeed the impact it's already having on her own practice.
We welcomed the company Noble & Eaton to Downe House to encourage our staff to think about the design of our classrooms.
Ms Lomax (Learning Skills Teacher and Teacher of Biology) outlines the great many positives of dyslexic thinking.
In his latest blog post, our Deputy Head discusses one of the most rewarding and important aspects of his role - supporting colleagues with their continuing professional development (CPD).
