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Coronavirus shutdown: this isn’t just a job – I’m invested in my pupils’ lives Y6 teacher Sophie Bartlett on having to plan an impromptu last day for her class

HUE

10 reasons to invest in a classroom camera or visualiser At only £44.95 + VAT you can afford a HUE HD Pro in every classroom The document camera or visualiser is fast becoming a basic tool not only of the traditional classroom, but also for online tutoring and remote learning. It really is true that a single image can replace 1,000 words. Our brains process […]

On this last day of teaching, let’s keep morale high What to say to children on the last day of school before the coronavirus shutdown

Maths conversions – Do students really understand the question? When your pupils tackle questions that involve conversions, do they know what’s actually being asked of them? Richard Coles isn’t so sure…

Career progression in school can transform relationships with friends and colleagues Trust can fluctuate depending on your position, says Adam Riches...

High Speed Training

5 reasons to try High Speed Training Take the fuss out of learning essential skills with this reliable online training provider… 30 second briefing High Speed Training is a fully online training course provider. We have more than 160 courses that we have supplied to over one million learners. Choose from a range of courses designed to help with the school routine […]

What do teachers dream about? Sleep might seem like a safe refuge from a hard day of teaching, but our subconscious often seems to have other ideas, finds Laura McInerney...

Ofsted cannot be immune from criticism Ofsted might currently have the government’s full backing, but as a growing number of influential voices line up to criticise the existing schools accountability system, its position shouldn’t be seen as unassailable, says Melissa Benn...

Sally Phillips – “Being at an all girls school gives you the freedom to be silly” Boarding school wasn’t the best experience for writer and actor Sally Phillips – but it had its moments...

“Teachers shouldn’t execute government policy” We might agree that teachers should keep their political views out of the classroom, but that’s not helped by politics persistently intruding on education, says Ian Mitchell…

Barry Smith – How Great Yarmouth Charter Academy was turned around “We’re not miracle workers” says Barry Smith, head of Great Yarmouth Charter Academy; but there are quite a few people, including an Ofsted inspector or two, who would disagree, discovers Helen Mulley...

Art & Design and Design & Technology must remain separate subjects Despite having ‘design’ in common, A&D and D&T are very different, and it is essential that we maintain the distinction in schools, says Andy Mitchell...

Emotive language examples

Emotive language examples – Emotion wheel resource Using an emotion vocabulary wheel to provide students with emotive language examples in English lessons can be an effective tool for expanding pupils’ emotional vocabulary and enhancing their language skills. Emotions play a significant role in human communication, and having a rich repertoire of emotional words can greatly enhance a person’s ability to express themselves […]

Librarians can change children’s relationships with books Connecting young people to reading material that genuinely excites them can change their whole experience of education, says our anonymous epistolarian…

The science of colours and emotion – KS4 physics, chemistry and biology lesson plan and worksheets Help your pupils understand how the interplay of chemistry and light affects the colours we see, and in turn the emotions we feel… Light is a physical phenomenon, an electromagnetic wave, that is responsible for our perceptions of colour. Without light there cannot be colour. The colour of an object, such as a T-shirt or […]

How not to hold a staff awards meeting We're here to recognise the achievements of so-and-so for his transformative approach to something or other, says Tom Starkey...

100 Square printable worksheet This simple PDF resource features six 100 squares for you to print out for use in class.

The Urswick School – How we turned our bad reputation round How one C of E school in Hackney overcame a troubled reputation by opening itself up and welcoming one and all…

Learning outdoors should be an entitlement, not an added extra Justine Lee explains why you should teach beyond the classroom walls...

Teacher apprenticeships – Why the levy is worth it Gemma Longhurst explains why her preferred route into teaching was the one marked ‘apprenticeship’...

Why live theatre is for all students It’s not just drama students who will gain a great deal from experiencing live theatre, says Alex Weller – the rest of their peers will, too...

6 strategies for supercharging classroom motivation The Dean of Learning Design at Ambition Institute, Peps Mccrea, shines some light on the Science of Motivation and what it might teach us about behaviour and learning...

Jacqueline Wilson – Everybody has one special teacher they remember fondly Beloved author, Jacqueline Wilson, recalls how good teaching and a love of stories helped her get over the shock of the primary school dinner hall...

Understanding how averages are calculated – KS4 maths lesson plan Understanding how different kinds of averages are calculated and behave is an important skill, says Colin Foster… In this lesson, students tackle a statistical puzzle which forces them to adjust some numbers to create certain values of the mean, mode, median and range in various small datasets. There are multiple simultaneous constraints, which makes this […]

Rules of (parental) engagement in secondary schools The relationships you’ll have with parents aren’t so different from those you establish with pupils, says Peter Nelmes – just focus on needs, be positive and listen...

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