What is Year 8? An aftermath to the excitement of a  new school and new subjects in Year 7, or a prelude  to the gravitas of SATs preparation in Year 9? Either  way this is a time when we can either utilise a  valuable year to embed best practice or lose many  students in a directionless haze.
  The aim of this course is to concentrate on methods  and classroom initiatives which will generate the  former rather than the latter. Delegates will leave the  course with a clear understanding of classroom  techniques and ideas which are transferable across  subjects to create an atmosphere and working  climate of anticipation and curiosity, rather than  apathy and bewilderment.