Post-lockdown teaching support

Masks and handwashing

4 strategies to get students to follow hygiene rules in school

Why a positive approach helps students follow the rules: practical tips for encouraging your students to better follow mask and handwashing rules during the Covid-19 pandemic

Re-engage your students

Locked-out learners

By Adam Robbins

How to get students back into learning

How to successfully support disengaged learners

By Oliver Lovell

An effective three-stage strategy to motivate students as they return to the classroom

6 ways to motivate students while teaching remotely

By Emma Molloy

Ideas to keep pupils motivated and engaged while learning remotely

Teach from the front

Teaching from two metres

By Helen Rogerson

Try these strategies and tools for socially distanced classroom teaching

10 effective questioning techniques

By Dan Beech

A fresh look at how to manage pupils’ responses to questions

Classroom questions: cold calling, the back row and key concepts

Experts answer questions about key concepts, socially distanced teaching and assessing understanding from trainee, newly qualified and early career teachers

Diagnose gaps in learning

Understand what your pupils understand

By Andy Chandler-Grevatt

Diagnose your students’ strengths and weaknesses

Diagnostic tests for better teaching

By Katherine Haxton

Benchmarking students’ ability allows tailored teaching

How to write questions for formative assessment

By Andy Chandler-Grevatt

It’ll boost your students’ motivation and build their independence

Trainee teachers: carry on training

Trainee teachers: how to learn to teach during lockdown

By David Paterson

5 tips for continuing your ITT during the coronavirus crisis

Classroom questions: advice for new teachers

By Education in Chemistry

Experts answer questions about planning, pandemics and practicals from trainee, newly qualified and early career teachers

Student and teacher well-being

How to look after students’ well-being
2020-10-27T04:33:00+00:00By Hadley Stewart
Signs to look out for and how to help during the pandemic
Maintaining good mental heath
2020-02-24T11:56:00+00:00By Andy Chandler-Grevatt and additional material by the EiC team
How to achieve a work-life balance that works for you and keeps you mentally well
Advice from Barnardo’s Education Community
2021-01-20T13:26:00+00:00
Resources to help teaching staff support both young people and themselves during the pandemic

Technology tips

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How to use a visualiser for successful lessons

Creating flipped videos

An illustration of a teacher looking behind a computer screen at technology

5 teaching technologies to improve socially-distanced learning

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5 smart tips for using Google Classroom with your classes

A photo of a student in a wheelchair during a practical science lesson

Classroom questions: making chemistry accessible to all and remote teaching

Top tips to make the most of remote teaching technology

How to use a visualiser for successful lessons
Creating flipped videos
5 teaching technologies to improve socially-distanced learning
5 smart tips for using Google Classroom with your classes
Classroom questions: making chemistry accessible to all and remote teaching
Top tips to make the most of remote teaching technology

Practical work

Whether you're using microscale experiments to use less equipment, or videos and simulations to refresh practical skills, you'll find resources to support you here.

CLEAPSS and SSERC guidance

Specialist guidance on how to safely carry out practical work