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Problem solving lesson plan

Problem solving lesson plan – Help autistic children tackle problem-solving tasks Help your autistic pupils tackle problem solving tasks in maths and science more effectively with these suggestions from Lynn McCann… It’s a myth that autistic people do not have imagination. The children we work with are just as interested and curious about the world as anyone, but this may be in seen in very specific […]

Tapestry

Cherry Garden Branch Maps – An Assessment Tool for Children with Significant Learning Difficulties Stephen Kilgour, SEND Advisor and Outreach Teacher at Tapestry, tells us about the company’s brand new, unique assessment tool for children with significant learning difficulties… 30-Second Briefing Cherry Garden Branch Maps is a new assessment tool developed by an Outstanding special school in London for children with severe and complex learning needs. The maps organise […]

GL Assessment

GL Assessment WellComm Primary – Speech and Language Toolkit for Screening and Intervention At a glance To help accurately detect speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in your school, it’s essential to use structured identification tools that focus on screening and intervention. One resource certainly worth knowing about comes from GL Assessment’s ready-made WellComm Primary toolkit, created in conjunction with speech and language therapists at Sandwell and West […]

3 keys to meaningful assessment Don’t just go through the motions or lose the impact and importance of the exercise. Instead, start here, says Laura Lodge...

3 things teachers think about classrooms A room of one’s own? Not for most secondary teachers, says Laura McInerney...

Getting tough on pupil behaviour won’t work We don’t need a crack down or reasonable force – nurturing relationship policies and a therapeutic approach will get better results, says Jules Daulby...

Rising Stars

5 Reasons to Try SNAP-Behaviour Dr Rob Long considers how this assessment and reporting tool can help support your school’s behaviour strategies… SNAP-B is an online diagnostic assessment that profiles 17 social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBDs), which without identification may limit a pupil’s potential to learn. Focusing on a pupil’s strengths, as well as weaknesses, SNAP-B offers a rounded […]

Are we Leaving it Too Late for Teachers’ Mental Health? Proper support for teachers' mental wellbeing must begin in the training year, argues Emma Hollis...

The Pioneers Energy Challenge Resource Pack In this resource pack, you will find two PowerPoint presentations. The first introduces the Energy challenge, what energy is, why it matters, looks at our human history with energy and challenges young people to invent better ways to make, use, store or stop wasting energy. The second presentation offers a look at different sources of […]

STEAM Power Challenge Resource Pack In this resource pack, you will find two PowerPoint presentations. The first introduces the Energy challenge, what energy is, why it matters, looks at our human history with energy and challenges young people to invent better ways to make, use, store or stop wasting energy. The second presentation offers a look at different sources of […]

5 ways to teach grammar creatively and promote reading Jasmine Kay provides you with some little gems to update or strengthen your practice...

AQA

Become an Examiner with AQA What’s it about? As an examiner, you’ll mark exam papers in your specialist subject at home through an online system, starting two to three days after the exam, for up to four weeks. As a moderator, you’ll review samples of coursework. This will already have been marked at the school or college, and you’ll be […]

7 of the best volume and capacity worksheets and resources for KS1 and KS2 maths It doesn't matter whether you're a 'glass half full' or 'glass half empty' kind of person, these primary maths resources will help your students get their fill of capacity and volume...

5 Ways to Make Sure your Students Definitely Understand what you’re Saying Support your students towards better language use, with the help of our resident word-wizard Alex Quigley…

Teaching cultural capital – Who decides if classical music is more ‘cultured’ than grime? Whatever we think ‘cultural capital’ should actually look like, if it excludes the mainstream, we’ll be doing our students no favours, says Vic Goddard...

The Government’s new ‘Levelling Up’ school funding pledge is an empty promise Of course more money for schools will always be welcome – but promises that the latest funding pledge will lead to ‘levelling up’ are predictably hollow, says Fiona Millar...

Weak leadership, not workload, is forcing teachers to quit It’s weak leadership, not workload, that drives too many teachers out of the profession – so why are we letting it happen, asks David Didau...

How Quality-First Teaching and High Expectations Benefits All of Our Pupils Every child deserves the kinds of experiences and opportunities offered by ‘that sort of school’, says James Mitchell...

6 Ways for Teachers and Heads to Avoid Email Overload If your inbox is overflowing with messages from parents, try these tips from Winston Poyton to improve home-school communication – and keep it under control...

The Dong With A Luminous Nose Education Pack for KS1/2 English, Drama and Art & Design The Dong with a Luminous Nose is based on the poem by Edward Lear, which is included here. Students will learn to use nonsense verse, like Lear, and this resource takes them through inventing creatures, creating the journey, then writing and crafting their own poem. Additional activities include: Exploring made-up words Looking at why people […]

Out of this World Education Pack for KS1/2 Science Out of This World is an interactive theatre experience, combining learning, drama and micro cinema technology. Audiences are immersed in the world of LASA (Little Angel Space Agency), meeting three amazing women who are scientists and engineers. As well as the excitement of a fictional story there is much factual information to learn on a […]

Prince Charming Education Pack for KS1/2 English, Drama and Art & Design It’s a lot of pressure being Prince Charming. There’s all those dragons to fight and kingdoms to save, not to mention being charming all the time. It’s enough to make anyone a little worried. Holed up in his bed, Prince Charming is making a list of his worries – from being struck by lightning or […]

Wow! It’s Night Time Education Pack for KS1/2 English, Drama and Art & Design WOW! It’s Night-time is the sequel to the award winning picture book WOW! Said the Owl written and illustrated by Tim Hopgood. It tells the story of a curious little owl who explores the forest when the sun goes down, meeting all of the other nocturnal creatures who live there. The curious little owl is […]

Quentin Blake’s Angelo Education Pack for KS1/2 English, Drama and Art & Design Angelo is based on the book written and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Angelo and his family travel round the country playing music, singing songs and performing marvellous balancing tricks: Angelo can even dance on a rope! So when he meets Angelina, who is sad and lonely and trapped in her mean uncle’s house, Angelo knows […]

7 of the best light worksheets and resources for KS1 & KS2 science Get primary kids hooked on physics with these activities, ideas and lessons on light sources, light and shadow and more...

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