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This December 4-10 is Computer Science Education Week, so start processing your digital lesson plans with these eight great resources
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Make a splash with your children with wet and wonderful ideas for indoors and out
Our roundup of some of the funniest short clips that capture some universal teaching truths
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In the words of Olivia Newton-John, let's get physical...
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Get your Year 7s excited about approaching poetry with this collection of fantastic resources
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Starting teaching in September? Here's a selection of helpful advice, tips, lesson plans and more...
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BAFTA-winning site TrueTube releases short drama for schools and families about the pressures of social media
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To be fair, feedback would be quicker if you could just fling up a paddle board with a number out of 10 on
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Challenge your students to our music-themed SPaG quiz by filing in the blanks. Can they beat your score?
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If your children have, had or have had difficulty with irregular, here are some fun resources to try to make those pesky non-conformist words stick
Who'd be a teacher, eh? Only someone with the perseverance to get through this lot and still come back the next day, and the next day. Bless you all.
Amidst the doom and gloom of grammar schools, workload, the recruitment crisis and whatever else the world of education has planned, let's take a minute to celebrate the good and great of teaching
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Get ready to celebrate this incredible global event in your school come September...
Get children crafting something cool, creative and personal for Father's Day...
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Get your class or whole school speaking Spanish, French and even Welsh on Tuesday 26 September
Delight in this festive feast of English activities in the run-up to the holiday season
Us Brits are used to sitting politely and listening to speakers, so what happens when eight of our educators are thrown headfirst into the extravagant spectacle of CPD in the States?
Growing up in a racing yard before heading to boarding school isn’t your typical childhood tale – and it was a big change for Clare Balding...
Does the race to address childhood heath and fitness have a finish line in sight, asks Lloyd Burgess, or are we just running round in circles?...
Whether you're teaching your primary students numbers, colours, places, days of the week or body parts, these worksheets, lesson plans and activities will help them speak fluent French from lundi à vendredi...
Send your Year 6s off in style this summer...
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Music therapy is much more than a band aid. It’s a creative outlet, a means of expression and way for children to find their voice, says Lloyd Burgess...
Get your hand fan ready and prepare to swoon as everyone's favourite rich and brooding bachelor enters your classroom
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Sign the year off in style using these hilarious school celebration videos as inspiration...
Get ready to make a racket about serves, volleys, backhands and forehands this 3-16 July when grown-up ping pong comes back to London's SW
Feel like the weekend and passed you by and you’ve barely had a chance to relax? Here’s how to fight feelings of anxiety this Sunday
Imagine your class returning from lunch attentive, engaged and ready to learn. Could structured breaktimes the answer, or do children need time out to roam free? Lloyd Burgess investigates...
Despite external obstacles, the progress made at Aspire Academy in its first year should inspire PRUs across the country, finds Lloyd Burgess...
Up to your eyeballs in nativity plays and Christmas carols? Harness the power of social media and share a laugh with people who could also do with a glass of mulled wine or two...
Round off the summer term and give your class a fond farewell with these free ideas and activities for KS1 & 2...
Get kids excited for World Book Day 2021 with wise words from their favourite authors and some of the greatest literary minds of all time...
Educate primary pupils and celebrate LGBTQ+ pride this June with these activities, ideas and other resources for Years 3-6...
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Studying Shakespeare's star-cross'd lovers? Well there's no need for your lessons to have a tragic ending with these great resources, ideas and activities
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Turn even the most Scrooge-like attitude to Dickens around with these excellent teaching ideas and activities
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From Star Wars Ofsted spoofs to 300's Spartans preparing to teach nursery, here are some of the best education-related comedy videos online
It's cheap, versatile and easy to use – is the Raspberry Pi something that all teachers can and should be using in the classroom? Lloyd Burgess takes a closer look...
Take lessons from Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder, Peppermint Patty and the rest of the gang for the perfect blend of existential angst and juvenile joy.
Refugee Week 2019 runs from 17-23 June, so get involved with some of the best books to share in class to help build children's awareness and understanding...
'The characters' names were too plain', 'my ebook never came in the post' and other bizarre online criticism of children's literature
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Raise awareness, help staff and students in need and boost wellbeing in your school this 10 October...
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At a glance Complete maths package for teaching key concepts at primary level Well-sequenced, interlinked Reception, KS1 and KS2 curriculum Focused on ensuring pupils develop fluency and a deep understanding Integrated training and CPD...
Learn the vocabulary for describing relatives and introduce masculine and feminine nouns with Lauren Fields’ KS1 lesson idea. Children love the opportunity to talk about themselves, and things that are important to...
Learn the vocabulary for describing relatives and introduce masculine and feminine nouns with Lauren Fields’ KS1 lesson idea.
Children love the opportunity to talk about themselves, and things that are important to...
This is an A3 tool designed to promote pupils’ confidence and resilience, their skills of organisation and presentation, and their attitude to their learning – all through improved understanding of themselves....
Amid an ongoing recruitment crisis and the uncertainties of the pandemic, the time has come...
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