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How to Manage a Challenging Parent – The CALM Approach Fight? Flight? Freeze? Don't panic, Steph Caswell has some practical advice to help you through encounters with angry parents

LCM and HCF Loop Cards for KS3/4 Maths This download contains four sets of cards. Students choose a set and sort them into order by answering the questions. Then they try to do it faster using a different set, which has a different sort order. The cards can either be used by individuals, pairs or small groups. My favourite use is for two […]

Santa’s Streamlining – A Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) Activity for KS3/4 Maths Santa wants no wastage this year so work out the smallest amount of each group of toys that are made in different sized batches. Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, more of which you can find on his TES shop. You can also follow him on Twitter at @andylutwyche.

Christmas maths activity

Christmas maths activities – Lowest common multiple Use these Christmas maths activities with your class this December… I am organising a Christmas party, but I don’t like anything to be left over. I plan to give each guest one of each of the a variety of Christmas party themed items. What is the smallest number of guests I should invite so that […]

Phineas and Ferb HCF and LCM – A KS3/4 Maths Activity Five HCF and LCM functional questions using the characters from Phineas and Ferb. All put together in a PowerPoint and including answers. Now with a link to the Phineas and Ferb theme tune! Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, more of which you can find on his TES shop. You […]

Students writing poetry comparison essays in classroom

Poetry comparison – How to write the perfect comparative essay When it comes to poetry analysis, Phil Beadle knows what examiners want to see – and he’s here to make sure you can help every student can deliver it

6 ways to support students with anxiety Persistent and excessive worry can have a hugely detrimental impact on young people’s lives, learning and mental health, says John Dabell – but luckily, there are things you can do to help

Improving attendance in schools – Why attendance rewards penalise the students they’re designed to help Life is already more of a lottery for some kids than others, says Simon Pearse – and rewarding attendance with raffles just stacks the odds against them even higher...

Why Are We Excluding So Many children With SEND? I take great interest in the annual release of statistics from the Department for Education on the exclusion of children from school. In the last couple of years this has become something of a depressing exercise, with both fixed-term and permanent exclusions on the rise. In addition, I’ve had more conversations with LAs about exclusions […]

‘Assess’, ‘Plan’, ‘Do’, ‘Review’ Works For SEND Learners – So Why Not Try It For SEND CPD? We use a graduated approach when addressing learners’ needs, writes Michael Surr – so why not try doing the same with your SEND-related staff CPD?

When it Comes to Teaching SEND Students Literacy a Whole-School Approach is the Only Option Literacy affects everything – so involve everyone, writes Nancy Gedge

Why Your School Should Teach Mandarin – and Why Students Should Learn It It’s time we started valuing subjects for more than how well they might prepare young people for an unpredictable jobs market, argues Cara Bleiman

Giving Career Advice to Students – What you Need to Know So, out of nowhere, you’ve been allocated 'careers advice provision' as part of your job description – but where do you start? Ruth Sparkes has some pointers...

What is challenge in science and how should we approach it in schools? Rosalind Walker offers eight ways to help students delve deep into the scientific study's world of profound explanation and elegant prediction...

Prime Decomposition, HCF and LCM, for KS3/4 Maths Calculating the HCF and LCM of 2 (or more) numbers by using Prime Decomposition and Venn Diagrams. Includes some worded questions and follows on from the other Prime Decomposition lesson I have on the TES site. Download includes one PowerPoint file and two word documents (questions and answers). Owen134866 is a TES Resource Contributor of […]

Highest Common Factor (HCF) Treasure Hunt for KS3/4 Students are given a pair of numbers and asked to find the highest common factor. There are 10 questions in total. Comes as an editable text document and as a PDF. Find more resources from Simon Murphy at his TES shop and follow him on Twitter at @cyprusboro.

This simple piece of advice will help GCSE students excel in exams by avoiding silly mistakes “Read the ******* question!” – It’s the one piece of exam advice that every teacher seems to agree on, but Adam Boxer reckons we’ve got it back to front...

Three films to support the teaching of literature and GCSE English set texts See how the film adaptations of Romeo + Juliet, Pride and Prejudice and A Christmas Carol can enrich your English lit lessons

8 of the Best Representing Data Resources for Teaching Graphs and Statistics in KS4 Maths Help your GCSE students extrapolate, interpolate and correlate data using bar graphs, scatter graphs, pie charts and more

Do Teachers Have To Go On School Trips? You might not get paid to go, but there are benefits to volunteering to staff your school’s next residential

How Embedding Outdoor Learning in your Secondary School’s Ethos Benefits Students At Bohunt Education Trust, outdoors learning is embedded within the ethos, says Philip Avery – and the benefits are both profound, and measurable...

Nearly 90% Of Teachers Say They Are Teaching ‘Pointless’ Lessons To Give Students A Better Chance Of Passing National Tests Over the last year, 89% of teachers say they have taught a lesson they believe to have been of little or no educational value in order to help students pass national tests, with 43% of all respondents admitting this took place on at least a weekly basis. The survey of 436 teachers carried out by […]

Teacher stress – I was signed off because of my mental health and now teach supply Teacher JL Dutaut speaks honestly about his mental health journey and teacher burnout

Actress Alison Steadman Struggled with Reading at School – but that Didn’t Stop her Having a Thoroughly Splendid Time Teach Secondary speaks to Alison Steadman to discover what she learnt at school

11 of the best fractions resources for secondary maths Whether it's adding and subtracting, arranging in size order or finding equivalents, help your KS3 and 4 students master fractions with these excellent resources

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