Magistra Elliot

A platform offering resources and insights on classics for teachers.

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About Sarah Elliot

I’m Head of Classics in a girls’ independent school in North London. Educated at Cambridge, King’s College London, and the Institute of Education, I want to use this website as a platform to represent my views and experiences in teaching Classics over two decades.

Latest Posts

  • The visualiser: a powerful tool for the classroom through annotation, modelling and showcasing achievement.

    The visualiser: a powerful tool for the classroom through annotation, modelling and showcasing achievement.

    | Learning practices

    I use my IPEVO visualiser in the majority of my lessons at the moment. I thought it might be useful to reflect on what a powerful tool it can be for all sorts of activities.

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  • Desirable Difficulties

    Desirable Difficulties

    | Learning practices

    Professor Robert Bjork talks of ‘desirable difficulties’. Students often resort to strategies such as re-reading and highlighting in revision, thinking them effective for learning when the research is clear that they aren’t.

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  • A few thoughts on vocabulary tests

    A few thoughts on vocabulary tests

    | Learning practices

    I’ve been teaching since 2004 and setting Latin and Greek vocabulary tests all that time – here are a few thoughts on vocabulary tests.

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