Lydia Sundaramutty

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This morning I’m reading about vocabulary challenges in GCSE exams. I wrote this on ‘Why teaching academic vocabulary matters’: alexquigley.co.uk/why-teaching-a…

Super proud of them. And thank you to the student coaches too! What an amazing journey this has been!

My stint as a WSC coach has come to an end, and I am glad we ended on a high note with the students' excellent achievements. People often don't believe how well we did and because we get almost 100% invites into the next round, they tend to believe everyone gets through. .

Yesterday, while chatting with another teacher from India, I found out that only 4 of their 7 teams got invited to TOC. Congratulated them but felt even more proud of our scholars! Whether they choose to move forward and attend TOC is another matter; they more than qualified!

And that is a wrap for me. Last time I will be doing WSC at HIS. What a wonderful, enriching journey it has been. #wsc2016 #wsc2024 #HIS

And that's a wrap folks. My last stint at the school as a WSC coach at the KL Global round. It has been a journey -- enriching! #wsc2016 #wsc2024

Amazing achievements by our junior team. Thank you to our student coaches whose hard work helped our juniors excel. #WSC2024 #KLglobalround #intellectual #social #mentor #leadership

The juniors are debating today while the seniors are having their challenge and writing today. #WSC2024 #intellectualmastery #HIS_learning

Our junior scholars started their Global Round today. Wishing them all the best as they begin the competition tomorrow. #HIS_Learning #intellectualmastery

Our 11 teams participated in the recent WSC 2024 Penang Round, made friends and succeeded in making it through to the Global Round! #intellectual #social

8 tips for planning an effective whole-class reading comprehension lesson tes.com/magazine/teach…

Proud of my year 9 homeroom tutee ( Reet) and student (Tushita) on their recital of beautiful poems! Standing up in front of a crowd is tough but they have done it beautifully! #internationalmindedness #poetry week

Poetry flowers for poetry week!

Magic School: Certification of Completion Level 1

Discussion using mark schemes to help them focus on areas they can work on. Evaluating in paper 2 0500 can be daunting. Discussing with friends before presenting to a bigger group can help clarify ideas as they look at how to. #revision

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Simple strategies to make reading more engaging: get them to teach others new words (vocabulary quilt), create timeliness (summary), and use picture comics so they get to remember details better. Presentation helps them build confidence to speak in front of the class.

When you discuss recignising healthy and unhealthy actions and behaviours in a relationship.