PREMIUM: My teaching - Part 2: Taking the register

In this blog post I discuss taking the register. That's it, just taking the register.

A teacher taking the register

The story so far…

I have been looking at how I used to teach (when my pupils achieved impressive results)¹ and how I teach now. I don’t think I am doing anything particularly impressive now, but I still think it’s worth reflecting on what I do.

In my previous post, I described the context in which I teach. In my school:

• Whole-school policies dictate many lesson features and routines.

• We use workbooks.

I described how I get pupils into my classroom, set an Engage Task from the workbook, and then begin to take the register.