TV Alert: BBC Schools Season

Here at Classroom we are all avid tv viewers like many and we wanted to highlight a string of programmes broadcasting amongst all the reality TV and Soaps which might be of interest to our fellow education professionals!

The BBC Schools season is currently underway. Some of you may have caught last nights drama "Excluded" about a newly qualified teacher and his relationship with a difficult student in a struggling school! It received rave reviews (check out the schools season link for info on its repeat schedule or watch it anytime on the BBC I Player). There looks to be some really interesting programmes coming up too.

One highlight looks to be "The Classroom Experiment" which sees education professional Dylan Wiliam take on a typical Year 8 Secondary school class and pit education theory and practice against each other as he attempts to use simple ideas to improve the quality of education and the results are meant to be pretty outstanding. It's a two part programme starting next Monday (see link for full schedule) and we'll be reviewing the programme when its finished and will be welcoming opinion!

Classroom launches all NEW website

Well it's been a long time in the planning but Classroom is finally delighted to announce that it's new website has launched today.

We think it's a lot more user friendly and easy on the eye than our last one and we have worked really hard to ensure it has all the information our supply staff are going to need. For example - you will no longer need to call up and request a timesheet faxing to you - simply log on to the web and download the timesheet easily. If you have other payroll or tax queries - check out the resources section of the website and you might find links to help you.

We are also busy updating our Job Search link to enable you all to search for our most current positions and apply (should you wish) via the web.

If you are particularly keen to develop your Classroom resources and lesson plans further (the more prepared - the better your day will be!) then you will find a myriad of links in our Resource section - just click on Useful Links!

It is also our hope that the under construction News page will, in time, advise you of all of our latest offers, get togethers, training sessions as well as all the latest education news issues of the moment.

If there is anything you think we have missed then please do let us know - we are always keen to improve and upgrade whenever we can!

In the meantime why not have a look at our new improved site now by clicking on the link:

www.classroomteachers.co.uk

Enjoy!