Teach Secondary - Issue 13.2

CHECKING IN ONWHAT’S HAPPENING INTHEWORLD OF STEM,WE FINDTHATCODING DRAWS ONAGREATER SETOF SKILLS THAN ONE MIGHTASSUME, AND HEARWHYTHERE OUGHTTO BE MORE REGULAR MEETINGS BETWEENYOURMATHS AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS... Who can you work with, and in what ways, to improve outcomes in STEM subjects? FOCUS ON: STEM THE AGENDA: 58 CODING CONTAINS MULTITUDES Pay attention, arts and humanities teachers – if you believe coding has nothing at all to do with your practice then think again, says Rob Wraith... 61 AGREAT LEAP FORWARD Daniel Harvey looks at why having your maths and science teams in alignment is essential for those students pursuing the highest science grades 62 HELPING HANDS We hear how an ambitious inter- school partnership initiative helped one school in the North East bolster its already extensive science offer 57 teachwire.net/secondary S T E M