Teaching Blog

As Director of Teaching and Learning, I am fortunate to spend a great deal of time in classrooms, workshops and on trips, watching pupils think, learn and grow. This blog is inspired by these moments. Its purpose is to celebrate excellent teaching, encourage professional reflection, and share the ways in which we help pupils develop not only knowledge, but the habits of mind that will serve them well beyond school.

At the centre of this blog is a belief that good teaching shapes how pupils think. Across the school, teachers are deliberately embedding Executive Functions such as Working Memory, Cognitive Flexibility and Sustained Attention through thoughtful lesson design, careful questioning and high expectations. These are not buzzwords or abstract initiatives. They are built lesson by lesson through the everyday choices teachers make.

The posts that follow are rooted in real classrooms and real experiences. They highlight lessons, workshops and trips where learning is purposeful, challenging and memorable, and where pupils are encouraged to think deeply, work independently and engage fully.

This blog is not about promoting a single approach to teaching. It is about recognising the craft of teaching, sharing good practice and celebrating the thinking that happens every day across our school. I hope it prompts reflection, conversation and, above all, confidence in the impact of what we do in our classrooms.

Sam Koon
Director of Teaching and Learning