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Illustration of two people standing next to a CPD lightbulb, representing school governors

School governors – Maximising their impact in your school Learn how to work effectively with your school governors, what being a governor can do for your teaching career and more...

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Ambitious vocabulary – Best activities, games & teaching resources These engaging vocabulary activities, games and resources will help you enhance your students' language skills...

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Best Badges Ltd

Promote your school and reward achievement with Best Badges Not only are badges and lanyards essential identity tools, they’re also a great way to reward achievements, display school spirit or highlight and commemorate special events. Our products can be custom-made to your requirements or purchased from stock. Custom orders can be tailored to use the logo, colours and text of your choice – to […]

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Literacy Tree

Literacy Tree: whole-school, book-based primary English Literacy Tree is an immersive, book-based platform designed to engage and motivate young writers while ensuring all national curriculum skills and objectives are carefully sequenced. Perfect if you’re after a cohesive and coherent approach to literacy. The complete book-based approach to primary school English! Discover the award-winning Literacy Tree, now embraced by nearly 1,000 member […]

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STEM Learning

Making the most of your professional development To get the most out of CPD, it’s important to choose your courses carefully, says Dave Gibbs, education strategy lead at STEM Learning… High quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD) leads to improved pedagogy and subject knowledge, which has the biggest influence on student outcomes and progression leading to improved life chances. Not exactly a shocking […]

Tier 2 words resource

Tier 2 words – What they are and how to teach them Try using these strategies to decide which Tier 2 words to teach and how to go about it...

Resource packs for Enid Blyton books

Enid Blyton books – English resources for KS1 teachers Enid Blyton’s books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children’s author. Enid Blyton wrote over 700 books and about 2,000 short stories, including favourites such as The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Magic Faraway Tree, Malory Towers and Noddy. This Enid Blyton books pack includes teaching resources inspired […]

Times tables activities – Best resources for primary maths Get with the times (tables) and check out some of these ideas and activities for teaching multiplication in Key Stage 1 and 2...

Times tables games – Fun online and offline ideas for schools Have five times the fun with this selection of online and offline times tables games...

The Frog King lesson plan

The Frog King – KS1/2 English lesson about Grimms’ Fairy Tales Explore the original version of The Frog King through drama and dialogue then put your own spin on this Grimms’ fairy tale about puckering up for an amphibian… It’s over 200 years since brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of their ‘Kinder- und Hausmärchen’ – Children’s and Household Tales. Two centuries later […]

Reggio Emilia approach activity idea involving wooden logs and toy animals

Reggio Emilia approach – Inspiring indoor and outdoor classroom activities Learn about the Reggio Emilia approach and how to get started with our list of easy and fun activity ideas..

Square numbers – Activities and resources for KS2 Use these ideas to allow pupils to experience the concept of square numbers, thus strengthening their understanding...

Story mountain – Best story structure worksheets and resources for KS1 and KS2 creative writing Teach primary children this simple five-stop story structure technique to help them write great fiction, with these activities, ideas and other resources...

Spelling tiles, representing tricky words

Tricky words – A guide to teaching exceptional spellings in KS1 and KS2 How to teach high frequency words and common exception words in KS1 and KS2...

The word 'Suddenly' typed on a typewriter, representing fronted adverbials

Fronted adverbials – Best KS2 worksheets, examples and lesson ideas Once upon a time, pupils weren't expected to know what a fronted adverbial was. Today's students, however, very much are, and hopefully these resources can help...

Student taking part in geography fieldwork

Geography fieldwork – How to make it effective Gather your maps and head outside to give pupils a meaningful geography experience they won’t soon forget...

Boy with schoolbag sitting on floor looking at phone, representing poor school attendance

School attendance – What causes absence & how to tackle it As rates of persistent absence continue to climb, what can schools and policymakers do about it?

The Bumblebear activities

The Bumblebear – Cross-curricular book activities for KS1 Join Norman the honey-loving bear as he tries to infiltrate Bee School in Nadia Shireen’s charming picture book, The Bumblebear. What is The Bumblebear about? Those of you who haven’t yet discovered the work of the wonderful author and illustrator Nadia Shireen are in for a treat with The Bumblebear. Nadia has written several picture […]

KS1 singing lesson plan

KS1 singing – Sequence songs lesson plan Use new words, traditional tunes and simple melodic patterns to help children order events with this KS1 singing lesson plan… Sing songs using well-known tunes to help children sequence events in their lives, and have fun creating new songs using limited notes on tuned percussion. This lesson includes opportunities to try simple movement sequences and […]

Phonics games resource

Phonics games – Fun online and offline ideas for EYFS and KS1 Boost reading and spelling skills with these games, activities, ideas and more for EYFS and KS1...

Shakespeare English lesson plan

Shakespeare English lesson – Compound words and idioms Use this Shakespeare English lesson from Sally Gray at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to cover the concepts of compound words and idioms… Shakespeare English lesson learning objectives First activity Shakespeare didn’t always play by the rules and would often, for example, use a noun as a verb. Take the body parts: ear, eye, lip, nose, […]

Pause and reflect resources

Pause and reflect – Whole-class assessment how-to with resources Marc Bowen explains how to plan and carry out purposeful pause and reflect activities for whole-class assessment… Download a detailed case study, with a comprehensive selection of example assessment documents, at the top of this page. Pause and reflect meaning Over 25 years of teaching, I’ve seen many different assessment systems come and go. Some […]

Teacher and pupil doing experiential learning with science experiment

Experiential learning – Boost learning with active participation What is experiential learning, how might you use it in your classroom and does it lead to meaningful learning? Read on to find out...

Question marks drawn on different coloured cards, representing assessment for learning

Assessment for learning – Transformative teaching strategies to try Revolutionise teaching and learning in your classroom with these expert assessment for learning strategies...

Children in school uniform doing collaborative learning

Collaborative learning – What it is and how to benefit from it If used appropriately, collaborative learning can do wonders for your learners' confidence and engagement...

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