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It’s Not My Job to Diagnose Children’s Mental Health Problems “Trying to get a CAMHS referral has always been like trying to find the holy grail”

7 of the Best KS4/GCSE Teaching Resources for Pride and Prejudice Get your hand fan ready and prepare to swoon as everyone's favourite rich and brooding bachelor enters your classroom

A simple geography map task exploring your local area can produce beautifully complex results "The poets were writing about how the discarded soiled mattresses were lounging like teenagers against the walls"

Your 2018 HR Update for Early Years Settings Get set for the new year with Vicky Stanton's roundup of what to expect

Avoiding teaching poetry because it’s too hard or boring, denies children a vital means of expressing themselves “We should expect that our children can let us know when they feel swallowed up by sadness or ready to pop with joy”

Sometimes in Maths ‘I Don’t Know’ is Exactly the Right Answer Colin Foster explains why the guessing game isn't necessarily a bad thing

No Jugglers, No Singing and Absolutely No Ukuleles – Unedited Minutes from the Drama Production Meeting We need an idea that requires no extravagant sets. Or sets full stop. Or props. Or costumes. Think of the budget.

How We Helped Families who Couldn’t Access Advisory Services When fewer of St Mary Cray Primary Academy’s families were able to get the help they needed, the school stepped in and found a unique solution

Why your Early Years Setting Should Embrace Online Learning Journals “You may find that an online system has the welcome benefit of improving the quality of staff observations.”

4 Ways to do More with ICT in Early Years With smart devices and software you can help children express their creativity in a host of exciting ways, says Kirstine Beeley…

6 Traits of Effective Teachers Which do you have already have, and which could you develop further, asks Ross Morrison McGill...

Make Breaktime Something to Look Forward to for Children with SEND "The school playground is a curriculum resource that has the potential to build a bridge to inclusion"

Fire Safety – How to Prevent a Disaster in your Nursery “You should review your fire risk assessment every year.”

What is the Montessori Pedagogy? Easily Accessible Activities and a Focus on Active Learning Activities are presented complete and ready for use, explains Barbara Isaacs

Why ‘Labelling’ Pupils With SEND Can Sometimes Be Helpful For many education professionals, ‘labelling pupils’ is something to be avoided at all costs – but as Talit Khan notes, there are times when doing so can actually help…

Let’s Rethink Teacher Self-Improvement When It Comes To SEND Simon Knight discusses a new Whole School SEND initiative that aims to actively encourage self-improvement in SEND practice...

Alex Brooker’s Schooldays – “I Was A Bit Cheeky” My mum wanted to send me to a special needs school, but my dad didn’t see the need for it. I ended up going to a mainstream infant and primary school, where I was very well looked after, but it was a bit of a challenge for them. Back then I was still having operations […]

Life After Rochford – “SENCos Can At Last Have Some Certainty” Rona Tutt welcomes the government’s long-awaited response to the Rochford Review and ponders where things go from here…

Making Nursery Practitioners Into Work-Crazed Robots Helps No One But that’s what our children get when managers pile the work on and leave the resource cupboard empty, says the Secret Practitioner…

AI Can Never Replace What a Teacher Does on a Daily Basis Replaced by robots? Not yet. No matter how cunning the algorithms, artificial intelligence will never simulate what we do, says Kev Harcombe

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If Schools Really Care about Success for Every Student, a ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Behaviour Policy isn’t the Answer “Inconveniently to some, children have rights” – All schools need to tackle indiscipline but such strict approaches are immoral, unjustified and frankly fraudulent

3 Ideas to Promote Inquisitive Play and Boost Learning in Early Years Laura England welcomes an artist, shares affordable ways to support schematic play and talks up tinkering…

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Best resources for Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in KS3/4 English Turn even the most Scrooge-like attitude to Dickens around with these excellent teaching ideas and activities

What is Original Learning and How is it Different to Learning Through Play? It's essential to how children's brains develop, so why do some insist on relegating the status of 'play' below that of academic learning?

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Ian Eagleton – “I collapsed on the driveway and sobbed” How one teacher changed the way he worked to better protect his mental health...

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