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Maths misconceptions – How to clear up common mistakes Think you know what maths is all about? Think again... your assumptions might be muddying the waters of your teaching

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PACE approach – The SEND training that changed my life Following the ‘empathy road’ transformed the way Ginny Bootman approaches her SEND pupils, all thanks to the PACE approach...

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Estimation maths – Activity ideas for KS1 and KS2 Foster curiosity, collaboration and enjoyment of maths with these estimation activities

Oracy – Why it’s good for primary pupils to talk Early years settings and primary schools are often at the forefront of using oracy strategies to support knowledge acquisition, yet it is easy to fall into the trap of viewing the teaching and recognition of effective oracy skills as an ‘add-on’. In some situations, teachers treat oracy as a ‘means to an end’. This is […]

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Child actors – Juggling school and the West End Helen Tierney finds out about the students whose lives take them from school to roles in high profile theatrical productions and back again…

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KS2 writing – How to write for an audience Sick of exhaustive lists of success criteria, or the suggestion to let pupils ‘just be creative’? You’re not alone. Improving writing actually starts with considering the audience...

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Lesson planning – What makes a good lesson plan? So, you’ve landed a teaching job – congratulations! But now you’re faced with planning all your lessons... where do you start? Use these pointers and you won’t go far wrong...

Idioms KS2 – How to teach them in context Crying your eyes out or crocodile tears? Contextualising language will help develop children’s comprehension and fluency, and give you a smile or two at the same time

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Teaching English – What literacy has in common with car engines The key to overcoming students’ reluctance to study English could be to show how it can be dismantled and reassembled like a mechanism...

Improving writing in primary schools – How to run an effective lesson Mix and match sessions and goals to find the perfect setup for your class...

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Augmented reality in education – What can it do for your classroom? Rob Wraith considers how augmented reality could give students a more immersive and visceral experience of the topics they’re exploring...

EYFS maths activities – Early years and Y1 ideas Play your way to a stronger number sense and get pupils off on the right foot with maths...

Primary assessment – How the PEPA programme transforms assessment Dump ‘teaching to the test’ and stoke the fire of creativity for an assessment pupils will remember far beyond primary school (for all the right reasons...)

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Curriculum development – Why schools should teach LGBT+ history Pride reminds us how far we've come with respect to LGBT+ understanding and respect – so why not teach that remarkable history in school?

Teaching inference – Take pupils on an investigative reading journey… Take pupils on an investigative journey, and help them ferret out the clues they need to properly exercise their inference skills

Phonics Screening Check – 6 last-minute prep ideas Worried about the imminent Phonics Screening Check? Don't panic - here are six last-minute prep ideas to get you through...

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Expanded noun phrases – Best activities and resources for primary English Boost expanded noun phrase skills in KS1 and KS2 with these resources, lessons, activities and more...

Raising attainment in reading – Stop focusing on parental engagement Focusing too heavily on parental engagement (or lack of it) in reading may be worsening the attainment gap. It’s time to move on...

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Sources for history – Understanding how to use evidence Do you know the difference between a source and evidence? Here’s how to use them both to bolster pupils’ historical understanding...

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Maths until 18 – Why force students to study a subject that some simply don’t like? Students should certainly study maths – but not necessarily to the exclusion of other subjects, says John Lawson...

KS2 MFL – Incorporate DfE targets without boring pupils Teach pupils to become language detectives and develop their very own linguistic superpowers with these six simple steps for KS2 MFL

KS2 maths – Make word questions more approachable Questions about eggs in boxes and change from shopping can tie pupils in knots, but by using this approach to mathematical word questions, you’ll soon see an improvement

KS2 science – Flower dissection step-by-step Get hands-on with the natural world and help pupils understand different parts of the flower with this KS2 science dissection

Letter writing – Best KS1 and KS2 examples, worksheets and resources To whom it may concern, help your students master the art of letter writing with these lesson plans, activities and ideas...

How to teach reading – We improved progress with this lesson structure Dump the boring books and reenergise poetry and prose with this simple lesson structure

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