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KS1 Book Topic: Explore Family Conflict And The Power Of Imagination With Secret Tree Fort “I have a secret tree fort, and you’re not invited!” In this true-to-life, warm and appealing picturebook, two siblings have contrasting views about what they should do outside. “Play with me,” begs the younger one, but the older girl just wants to read. “Fine!” says the little one, eventually. The glories of this fort are […]

Sensory Food Play Ideas To Encourage SEN Children To Explore Fruit And Vegetables Help children discover, learn and accept new things through sensory play

The NAHT’s New General Secretary, Paul Whiteman, Begs To Disagree With The Government’s Talk On Funding “Schools are already cutting back on the number of subjects they offer at GCSE and A Level”

Found yourself as history subject coordinator after a few hours’ training? we’re here to help Teachers are expected to lead a subject such as history after maybe only six hours of specific training in it...

12 Ideas For Early Learning Through Picturebooks Hilary White looks at how you can use Odd Dog Out, Oi Frog!, Where, Oh Where is Rosie's Chick? and The Bear Who Stared in your setting

KS1/2 Book topic – Explore Illustrations And Imagination In Roald Dahl’s Billy & the Minpins Head into the woods with a brand new edition of Roald Dahl’s charming tale, illustrated by Quentin Blake for the first time

KS1/2 History & Geography Lesson Plan – Use What’s Special About Your Local Area To Develop Cross-Curricular Skills For pupils to really understand their local area they need to use the complementary skills they have developed in both geography and history. This applies both to KS1 and KS2. In this lesson plan Ben Ballin and Alf Wilkinson have developed a local study of a village in Lincolnshire to help illustrate this thinking.

What Impact Is Lengthy Nursery Hours Having On Young Children’s Wellbeing? Richard House speaks to a practitioner concerned that children face long days, too soon...

Words Can Change The World – Discussing Global Issues And Injustice In Your Class When I asked my class to speak about how they would make the world a better place, they rose to the challenge

SEND Support – Using A Communication Book Is A Great Way To Give Children A Voice It has made such a difference to my special class, allowing us to constantly model an alternative way to comment, says Adele Devine

Early Years Months Of The Year Cards Introduce children in the early years to the months of the year with these colourful printable cards, which will support their developing understanding of the world.

How Pictures Promote Reasoning And Deepen Understanding In Maths A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it can also be valuable in a maths classroom, says Mike Askew

Why I Haven’t Quit Teaching (And You Shouldn’t Either) What's keeping expert educators in the profession? Here's what...

Are You A Procrastinator? Effective And Efficient Nursery Management Tips Do you avoid having that difficult conversation with a member of staff, instead spending time with happier colleagues? Do you leave your finances or spreadsheets unmanaged, instead occupying yourself working with children or parents?

Lexile Measures Offer Different But Complementary Information To Book Bands – So How Do They Work? How could Lexiles affect the books we choose for our primary students?

Shielding Students From Negative But Normal Feelings Like Stress Could Do More Harm Than Good Objecting to a policy or practice – including exams – on grounds of 'stress' is really a cop out, says Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert

What schools need to know about toilet regulations Paul Thorn breaks down the essentials of what schools ought to be aware of when installing toilet facilities

We Went To The Whole School Send Strategy Summit – Here Are 9 Things We Learned The SEN system has its issues, but collaboration will see us through – and other observations from this year's Whole School SEND Summit...

Build Young Children’s Maths Skills With Construction Play Offer children simple resources and the space in which to combine them in imaginative ways, and you will prompt countless mathematical learning opportunities, says Mary Barlow…

Headteacher In A Brand New School – The Leadership Challenge Of Hiring Teachers And Staff One of the joys – and challenges – of building a school from scratch is being able to choose staff according to your values, as Hannah Wilson explains...

If SEN Isn’t Causing A Child’s Poor Attainment, It’s Our Job To Find Out What Is Countless things can affect a child's attainment and it's our responsibility to play detective, says Nancy Gedge

How To Choose A Charity Partner For Your Nursery “We put a huge amount of thought into who we choose as our charity partner each year.”

10 Tips To Help Staff In Their First Year At A Special School New to special schools? Sarah Helton has some expert advice to help you help students

Billy and the Minpins lesson plans

Billy and the Minpins – Primary lesson plans Explore the themes of Roald Dahl’s Billy and the Minpins with these read-along resources that include extracts, literacy and art learning objectives, lesson plans and fun activity sheets. Use these resources to bring this lesser-known Dahl tale to life, with activities for imaginative drawing, spoken language skills, listening skills, nouns and adjectives, using different senses […]

KS1/2 Music Lesson Plan – Explore The History Of Caribbean Steel Pan Bands We are all aware of the impact the slave trade had on the world, but hidden among the stories of hardship, sacrifice and defiance is the fascinating history of how steel pan bands were born. By exploring the way music developed in Trinidad and Tobago, children can learn about how the lives of the Islanders […]

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