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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

Top tips for doing great RSE In the final instalment of his 12-part series, Justin Hancock of DO… offers advice and guidance on how to teach RSE that is best in class. Start with you Often what makes people feel less confident in delivering relationships and sex education is that their own RSE was lacking, unhelpful or even quite traumatising. We […]

How to Spot Signs of Self-Harm in Students Dr Asha Patel shows you the steps to take to keep young people safe

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

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

KS4 English Lesson Plan – Use Drama To Engage Students With Sir Conan Doyle’s Classic Detective Fiction Gain an introduction to one of the most famous novels ever written, and one of literature’s most famous characters. Start to consider the context surrounding a work of literature consider aspects of genre, both detective fiction and the gothic you will need. These exercises are designed to be tackled before students have got to grips […]

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"

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Get To Grips With The Periodic Table And See How Else We Might Group Elements Explore the periodic table and use this KS4 chemistry lesson plan to offer a number of creative activities that will set children thinking about the properties of different elements. As well as working with the traditional periodic table, students will examine The Underground Map of elements produced by Mark Lorch.

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…

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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

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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

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Teach Students the Physics of Sport and how ‘the Force’ can Give them the Edge When we participate in sport we are constantly subconsciously judging the physics required to help us to win. How fast do I need to go to catch my opponent? What angle should I push the shot put to get the longest distance and why does turning on the spot help? Which gear ratio and rpm […]

KS3/4 Drama Lesson Plan – Give Everyday Experiences a Dramatic Intervention to Inspire Students Y9 can be a difficult time to capture students interest in drama. This lesson is firmly cemented in their own understanding of the world. The setting is rooted in their daily experiences and that in itself empowers them with a sense of empathy and contextual understanding. I always start the topic by setting high expectations […]

Mental Health And Wellbeing – SEN Staff Have Feelings, Too Support your pupils’ wellbeing, by all means – but don’t neglect your own or that of your colleagues, advises Susanna Pinkus...

Why an 8th-Century Scholar is Still the Most Important Person in the History of English Education Harley Richardson makes the claim that the original proto-Renaissance man, Alcuin of York, is the number one influence on our schools today

Beware Ken Robinson’s ‘Creativity’ TED Talk – Children Need Both ‘Academic’ and ‘Artistic’ Subjects The idea that innate talents and those who are not academically talented should not be forced to study an academic curriculum is the most worrying of Robinson’s ideas

Are we Having the Wrong Argument about Growth Mindset? Debating whether Carol Dweck’s work represents sound neuroscience or the latest edu-fad is rather missing the point – and the potential – argues Harley Richardson...

What Does Becoming Headteacher for the First Time Feel Like? How does it feel to step through the playground gates on your first day as school leader?

8 of the best KS3/4 resources for Computer Science Education Week This December 4-10 is Computer Science Education Week, so start processing your digital lesson plans with these eight great resources...

Reading what Teachers say about Teaching could be the Best Investment of your Free Time You'll find yourself getting agitated at some of the things you read, and nodding with others, but it could be one of the best investments of precious free time that you ever make

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