CHOOSING THE RIGHT SECONDARY SCHOOL Your child will usually go to the secondary school closest to where your family lives, if they are attending a government school. You can choose to send your child to another government secondary school that has a different curriculum or focus, such as music or sport, if there are places […]
CLASSROOM
MY LESSON DESIGN AND PREPARATION My Prep and Senior School, are set in the heart of a peaceful suburb. It thus provides a secure environment, sheltered from the more aggressive pressures of city life. The schools provide a truly multi-cultural environment, bringing in students from over 55 countries, and maintaining an important balance in representing […]
FREE PASTPAPERS
HOW I USE PAST PAPERS WITH MY STUDENTS A key element in effective revision for exams is to consult past exam papers. I often impress upon my candidates to look back at what other faced and succeeded. By looking at past exam papers, they can get an idea of the sorts of topical questions which […]
ONLINE TESTS
Marking student work is challeging, even to the most experienced teachers and Tutors. Marking each piece of assessment or test is laborious and time consuming. It would be welcome news if schools themselves could also take the lead by cutting back on the marking of books to free teachers to work smarter to facilitate actual […]
WORKSHEET
PREPARING AND USING SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS A summative assessment is intended to summarize student attainment at a particular time, say end of an academic year. It is designed to assess the student achievement all the year round and lay grounds for next year. Here again, I have to carefully look back at the syllabus, schemes or […]
LEARNING DISABILITIES IN KENYA
LEARNING DISABILITIES IN KENYA I am simply appalled to see my government sitting on its hands while a whole generation of promising youngsters grinds to waste in pursuit of an education. Kenya is a country that has adopted an inclusive system of schooling for its citizens across all levels of school. The gifted, talented and […]
HOW EARLY SHOULD KIDS REPORT TO SCHOOL?
I read an article in The Telegraph, a respected UK newspaper, that suggested that children in England face being at school for nine hours a day and see their holidays cut drastically under plans being examined by the Conservatives. The newspaper suggested the extended days could reduce youth crime, boost education standards and prepare children […]
PROCESSING SPEED DIFFICULTIES
PROCESSING SPEED DIFFICULTIES Have ever tried to recall a word you want to use to express something and you can’t? Or to recall the name of a person or place and you find you cannot? But-wait- How can you know something so well yet you can’t remember it? What’s stopping you from getting it? […]
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Research has shown us that teachers’ actions in their classrooms have twice the impact on student achievement as do school policies regarding curriculum, assessment, staff collegiality, and community involvement. We also know that one of the classroom teacher’s most important jobs is managing the classroom effectively. Of all the variables, classroom management has […]






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