Teacher Tools is a huge free resource library for teachers and parents of more able and talented learners. The following are a selection from some of our most popular resources.
The following on-demand video and audio resources show Ian Warwick exploring a number of the key issues that face both subject teachers and more able coordinators. They look at a number of different strategies and approaches that colleagues can adopt or adapt within their own school contexts to improve their more able focus and practice.
Gifted & Talented Programme Development
Learning with Leonardo: Invention, Thinking Aside and Adjacent Possibilities
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We have developed substantial programmes and resources for the Hong Kong Gifted Academy, the Association of International Schools in Africa, the Mayor of London’s Excellence Scheme, the International Gateway for Gifted Youth, Erasmus and the Department for Education.
English Resources for learners (5-17)
LG&T offers an exclusive learning programme (450 hours of content) for learners aged 5-16 to immerse themselves in the art and craft of writing through Fiction texts, Non-Fiction texts and Films. Using proven strategies and methodologies this programme nurtures the potential of learners at all reading levels through guided and exciting teaching and learning activities. The materials have been extensively trialled in Hong Kong and across several world-leading independent schools in the UK.
If you would like the full keynote presentations of these (including clips) or access to the full programme, please contact ian.warwick@londongt.org.
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Framing: Trailers
Viewpoint: Voice
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Unreliable Narration
Independent Creative/Critical
A short film showing the scope of the programme
Our areas of expertise include creating classroom challenge for all students, development of online resources, academic literacy, city-wide urban education and collaborative e-learning.
Free high challenge BAFTA and BETT nominated MFL resources exploring issues through film (mflthroughfilm.com)
In partnership with the Haberdashers’ Company LG&T set up and ran a five year programme called the Modern Foreign Languages Independent State School Partnership that developed high challenge KS3/4 and A Level film resources that are now freely available from this site. Eleven schools worked in close collaboration with London G&T for several years to support and assist teachers in developing innovative strategies to engage students’ enthusiasm for and to significantly increase A* at both GCSE and A level in Modern Languages. This was supported by a transformative training programme for teachers with a focus on issues of authentic material and voice and materials designed to increase confidence with idiom and a keen awareness of registers. In addition the development of high challenge content, rich tasks, intellectual curiosity and critical thinking were seen as a core element of the programme.
We have worked with more than 4000 schools, and supported teachers, local authorities and universities across the country and internationally. More than 160,000 educators worldwide have used our free award winning online resources.
The Mayor of London’s Excellence Challenge
LG&T worked together with CTK college to design and implement a four year research project for the Mayor of London. It investigated which strategies used by world class independent schools to stretch their learners to achieve the outstanding grades necessary to enter top universities are most effective.
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The reports below explore how various high challenge teaching approaches identified by the research can be made transferable to state schools in Science, Maths and English. Each focus on developing A* skills and behaviours, subject specific barriers to top achievement, the principles of high challenge, how to nurture an excellence culture and the impact of super-curricular activities
More able learners in rural and isolated contexts
The approaches and resources here came from a four year research programme for the Department of Education that LG&T set up and developed across London before trialling its findings across several independent state school partnerships of schools from Kent to Cumbria. These ideas were then shared and tested in several more partnerships across the UK.
Rurality can be an ‘invisible’ separate issue that will significantly impact on student achievement and therefore needs its own strategies. The resources explore how the local community in itself can become a significant resource to address the specific needs of rural and isolated learners. The research had a particular focus on what challenges more able learners who live or attend schools in rural, coastal or isolated areas of England might experience. The aim of this programme was to provide easily accessible advice and information for schools, young people, parents and carers.
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Learning with Leonardo
This investigation established the key concepts that sit at the heart of Da Vinci’s work and drove his inventive thinking. It addressed the following questions. How did this man achieve a genuinely universal mind? What approaches do we need to take that will make our own learning more original and thoughtful? How did this man earn his genius across so many disciplines? What can he still offer us to improve our own original thinking 500 years after his death? What do perfecting attention, breaking the frame and straddling contradictions look like in the classroom and how do they help us to learn? There are a series of blog posts on this site that explore this in greater depth.
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This presentation investigates the seven key learning principles that drove Da Vinci’s inventive thinking.
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The lecture below was delivered by Ian Warwick to Eton College teachers and students as the inaugural offer in their colloquy series. It links directly to the presentation on the left.
We offer continuing professional development for schools worldwide, personalised resource creation and consultancy to improve the quality of more able teaching and learning.
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Learning with Leonardo: Unfinished Perfection – What does Da Vinci tell us about making children cleverer?
Redefining English for the More Able: A Practical Guide
Worldwide Provision to Develop Gifts and Talents
World Class: Tackling the Ten Biggest Challenges Facing Schools Today
Redefining More Able Education: Key Issues for Schools
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