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How To Buy A Nursery One of the co-founders of The School Transfer Company recalls his experience of setting up a new nursery from scratch, and offers some advice for those looking to do the same...

Less Is More – How To Go About Decluttering Your Early Years Setting If the furniture and the amount of equipment in your learning environment is making things feel a little constrained, allow Kirstine Beeley to help you make some space...

Who Will You Nominate In The Technology and Innovation Awards 2016? Let us know which teacher and school has inspired you most over the past year, and they could win some fantastic prizes courtesy of LEGO® Education...

How To Deal With Stress In Leadership Former headteacher James Hilton ignored the warning signs of work-related stress until it was too late. Now he helps education professionals recognise and overcome the symptoms...

Play and Outdoor Play – Information Sheet and Case Study for EYFS What role does play have in a child’s physical, emotional and social development? How can we encourage play? What are the benefits of outdoor play? Submitted on behalf of Laser Systems, and taken from Laser Learning resources for the Early Years Educator (EYE) qualification, with full permission. For more information, visit www.lasersys.co.uk or follow @Laser_Sys

Reading The Results – Use Euro 2016 To Get Your Young Readers Onside Euro 2016 might cause some of your pupils to become restless with football fever – but as Jim Sells of The National Literacy Trust explains, that enthusiasm can also be used to get them reading...

Take A Seat – How To Get Your Young Children With SEN To Sit Still Getting your special children to sit and engage is possible – but you need to know what makes them tick and then grab their attention, says Adele Devine…

Hear Me Roar – Using Outdoor Learning To Teach Resilience Are reserves of grit and resilience running low in the classroom? It’s time your class took a walk on the wild side, discovers Anna Blewett...

LEGO Challenge – ‘Aiming High’ Lesson Plan LEGO isn’t just for free time or wet play, says Rob Widger. It’s the ideal resource for problem-solving activities that piece together different blocks of the curriculum…

LEGO Challenge – Brick by Brick Lesson Plan Build children’s confidence in maths with these hands-on activities using a resource they’ll all recognise, suggests Rob Widger…

LEGO Challenge – Build to Order Lesson Plan incorporating LEGO Digital Designer If the children’s tables are becoming lost beneath a sea of Justin Bieber pens and Angry Bird erasers, get them to design and build their own desk tidies, suggests Rob Widger…

LEGO Challenge – ‘Build a Stadium’ Lesson Plan Can your pupils build a stadium to order and find the cheapest possible design? Find out with this lesson plan by LEGO Education Master Trainer Rob Widger…

On A Short Leash – Why Can The Public Trust Teachers, But Not Politicians? Schools run on trust – so what chance does learning have when the government keeps teachers on such a short leash, asks Sue Cowley...

“You Can Never Be Too Playful; Play Is The Best Form Of Communication Between Adults And Children.” Do you struggle to have fun with the children in your care? Here's some advice on letting go of your inhibitions...

How forest school lessons can help autistic learners The forest school philosophy has something to offer all young people, says Gordon Cairns – but for those with an autism spectrum disorder, the impact can be especially dramatic...

Ensuring Effective Staff Retention and Succession Planning – Checklist for school leadership Checklist for senior leadership across all key stages to assess the effectiveness of a school’s existing staff retention and succession planning. For more information, visit blueskyeducation.co.uk

Number Bonds to 10 Juggler Activity Worksheet For KS1 3 worksheets, each containing four pictorial questions designed to gauge pupils’ knowledge of number bonds. Can they help the juggler make her 3 juggling balls add up to 10 by suggesting what the number on the third ball should be? Check out Teachwire’s other number bonds resources heree?

Word For Word – Use The ‘Overwriting’ Technique To Turn Your Pupils Into More Confident Writers It’s not copying, it’s overwriting, says James Clements – and if it can produce award-winning writers, it might be worth a try in your classroom too...

Question Cards For KS1 Addition And Subtraction Number Bonds Quiz your pupils on their knowledge of different number bonds up to 10, with these 12 illustrated maths problems presented as a series of cut-out question cards. Check out Teachwire’s other number bonds resources here

Number Bonds to 10 And Addition Worksheet for KS1 With Bags Theme Single-page illustrated activity sheet with an ‘bag’ theme. Pupils are tasked with entering missing numbers to complete a series of number bonds to 10

How to help children socialise in early years Learning to get along and resolve differences can be a tricky business for young children, but there are things we can do to help...

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Trans children – How teachers and schools can support pupils With the rapid rise in gender dysphoria referrals to the NHS among young people, it's time schools become more aware about the issues involved. Let's make a change...

Host your own European Championships 2016 project resource for KS1/2 One PDF document – A guide to hosting your own mixed-gender European Championship project that incorporates PE, art, languages, music, computing and more. Teams are randomly assigned nations to play as, which they then research, design their own kit for, and try to use the language when playing.

Don’t Be Fooled By The DfE’s U-Turn On Academisation The government's latest White Paper will still see children’s education sold out to corporate restructuring

Ofsted Taskforce Finds Over 100 Schools Suspected To Be Operating Illegally Letter from Sir Michael Wilshaw to Nicky Morgan expresses concerns over 'harm and indoctrination' risks of unregistered schools – and points to home education laws as possible factor in their growth

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