Across September 5th-6th 2020, a team of avid runners in Merseyside completed a 31 hour relay race, raising vital funds to support Action Tutoring in its mission to help pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve a meaningful level of academic attainment…. [continue reading]
Lessons in Lockdown
I’m sure we can all agree that the words ‘unprecedented’ ‘uncharted’ and ‘unplanned’ have become part of our daily vocab. In fact, I’ll be surprised if pupils round the country aren’t including these words in all of their English writing… [continue reading]
Fear and Limiting Beliefs: How Your Pupils Might Have Stopped Before They Even Started
A good friend of mine recently bought me a fantastic book called ‘The Student Mindset’ by Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin, a “30-item toolkit for anyone wanting to learn anything.” The book does exactly that – provides creative techniques and… [continue reading]
Countdown numbers, tomatoes and kindness: Why we should be modelling our brilliant teachers’ strategies
Welcome to February! I hope as you read this blog you are breathing in some fantastically fresh February air, the breeze refreshing your bones and washing out the January cobwebs from your mind. One of our brilliant values at Action… [continue reading]
Cheer, New Year and Observing a Peer
The famous American scientist, Harlow Shapley, once said “theories crumble, but good observations never fade” and this is a statement we have been standing by over the past few months in Action Tutoring’s Liverpool region. Another famously profound quote is:… [continue reading]
