2025–26
Teacher of Chemistry · The King’s School Shenzhen International
Joining King’s and beginning a University of Sunderland PGCE: refining my classroom practice through supervised teaching and practitioner research.
Joining King’s gave me a new context and a new question. Many of my students are confident speakers who understand the science but struggle to show it in writing. Through the PGCE I began to investigate this systematically, starting with how small-group re-teaching and bilingual support can open up IGCSE science for EAL learners.
Goals for the year
- Adapt to the British independent-school context at King’s
- Strengthen support for learners of English as an additional language (EAL)
- Complete the first phase of the PGCE with a classroom case study
What I did
- Taught Chemistry in the British curriculum at the first overseas campus of The King’s School, Canterbury
- Carried out a case study (EDPM01) on teaching-assistant-led small-group re-teaching and bilingual support for EAL learners in IGCSE Biology
Impact
- Identified practical ways that targeted re-teaching and bilingual support help EAL learners take part in IGCSE science
Professional learning
- PGCE, University of Sunderland (in progress)
- Hong Kong Top Talent Pass Scheme: Hong Kong Identity Card issued