Welcome to my Science blog

Welcome to my Science blog,

You have probably found your way here because you are in one of my Science groups at school or you may be a parent of one of my students taking an admirable interest in what your child gets up to at St Mark's school.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for visiting and explain why I have set this blog up and what I intend to do with it in the future.

Firstly the government are extremely keen to improve communication between students, parents/carers and teachers. Put simply they want everyone to be more involved and take a greater interest in what we do at school. I thought that posting my lesson plans and other science related material on this blog would be a good step towards fulfilling that goal.

Secondly Science is a tough subject in terms of both teaching and learning. Many children and adults (myself included) find some concepts difficult to grasp at times. My hope is that this forum will allow me to interact with students and parents outside of the classroom and provide any help that I can online.

Finally I loathe paperwork and filing so storing my lesson plans online allows me to avoid this gruesome task.

I have tried to write the lesson plans with the students in mind. One of the reasons for this is that it may allow students to reference lessons where they have missed or feel that they need to revisit. I hope this helps.

I am always happy to receive constructive feedback about my work and this would be greatly appreciated from students and parents alike. However, I will not tolerate abusive comments on the blog and will take steps to ensure that such individuals are denied access to the blog in future.
Thanks for reading and best wishes
Jim Cuthbert