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Shakespeare School – Why you should teach Love’s Labour’s Lost Give your students a challenging, albeit entertaining linguistic workout with Shakespeare’s witty skewering of manhood, Courtly Love and hack sonnet writing…

Reading for pleasure – how to improve reading comprehension to foster enjoyment Why simply encouraging reading for pleasure isn’t enough, and how you can develop ability long-term

Paul Sinha – “School shouldn’t be a solitary journey” The comedian, broadcaster and renowned quizzer reflects on his formative years attending one of the country’s oldest public schools

Spanish for kids – how to embed language lessons for every year group Alexandra Ladbury on why her school teaches all pupils Spanish, and how you can too

Visual literacy – Use pictures to help pupils understand and communicate meaning In classrooms where the written word is prioritised, how do we recognise the power of pictures?

Dialogic teaching – how to improve progress in English, maths and science Megan Mansworth discusses how dialogic methods can help pupils develop ideas and arguments in core subjects

KS1 grammar – how a new approach to writing improved outcomes Jasmine Kay shares how her school revolutionised teaching writing...

School leadership – four signs you’re ready to join SLT Jonathan Coy shares his experience of taking the plunge, and how to recognise when the time is right...

Reflections on ITT – “Teacher training made me a better person” Neil D’Arcy-Jones looks back on what turned out to be a relentlessly intensive, yet instructive year of initial teacher training…

Teaching phonics – why reading is so much more than SSP Reading's big picture looks far beyond phonics. Here's what else you need...

KS2 maths – variation theory John Bee explores how variation theory can help children understand similarities and differences in concepts and procedures...

Literacy games KS2 – Robotics for SPaG and handwriting practice Help your LKS2 children improve literacy with step-by-step processes... using robots 

Rob Biddulph – Why the arts are just as important as STEM The award-winning author on why the arts are essential for a well-rounded education, and the positive impact of cross-subject projects

GCSE religious education – Why it must evolve to stay relevant Benjamin Wood explains why the increasingly ‘pick and mix’ nature of modern society means that religious education as we know it has to evolve...

The nation in numbers – How Census data can supercharge your geography lessons Steve Brace looks at how official Census data can provide some illuminating context for your students’ explorations of human geography...

The importance of chronology when studying history History teachers shouldn’t assume that secondary students will already possess a solid grasp of time and chronology, observe Terry Haydn and Alison Stephen…

Descriptive writing KS2 – Emma Carroll Before pen even hits paper, it’s the thinking, planning and wondering that really makes a difference to creative writing lessons, says the author and former teacher...

Cultural vandalism – Why the arts shouldn’t be a ‘lower priority’ in schools We’ve seen how important the arts are to school life, now more than ever – which is why the government's recently announced funding cuts are such a grave misstep, says Alice King-Farlow...

Systematic synthetic phonics – How to choose the right programme There are many phonics programmes available for schools, but what should you look for, asks Gordon Askew...

Reading for pleasure – How one school encourages children with a book vending machine How Little Parndon Primary has sparked reading for pleasure amongst pupils with a book vending machine...

Ben Miller on the power of story and making learning fun We talk to comedian and children’s author Ben Miller about writing for children, the power of teacher parents, and why the best stories really are timeless and ageless...

KS3/4 poetry – Why it still has a place on the English curriculum Those fearing that the study of poetry at secondary school may have been read the last rites, courtesy of Ofqual, can rest easy, says Zoe Enser…

Steph McGovern – “I was your classic swot” Broadcaster Steph McGovern looks back on the confidence and workplace experience she received at what was then a somewhat controversial school…

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How to improve vocabulary with non-fiction texts How non-fiction books can help develop vocabulary, spoken language skills and debates in the classroom...

Writing poetry KS2 – Tomos Roberts on teaching poems for kids Poetry can seem old-fashioned and elitist, but when children write about what really matters to them, it can be magical, says Tomos Roberts

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