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Last Meeting’s (Unedited) Minutes – Our New Behaviour Policy It's been decided that the policy is well overdue a renewal, especially given the recent behaviour of Y9, who are starting to exhibit character traits seemingly inspired by post-apocalyptic literature and film

Bad Settings Make Practitioners Feel Hopeless, The Best Offer Staff Opportunities To Improve And Advance NVQ Levels 2 and 3 in childcare are a solid foundation, but beyond that, what else is there on offer?

KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Draw From Life To Create Sporting Sketchbooks Armed with a sketchbook, children have the freedom to let loose their imagination and experiment with artistic techniques – not to mention a visual aid to problem-solving in any subject. This sporting sketchbook project provides the perfect opportunity. As the activities in this article demonstrate, the rhythms, energy and movement of bodies engaged in sport […]

Social Media – Invest Time And You’ll Get More For Your Nursery From Online Interactions Unlike with most marketing, investing in social media has long-term payoffs

Large Tracing Letters For Early Years and KS1 Large tracing letters for children in early years and Key Stage 1, supporting mark making and early writing. Includes all 26 letters of the alphabet plus common double consonant phonemes and consonant digraphs to aid phonics learning.

KS1 Science Lesson Plan – Go Outside And Learn About Hibernation And Shelters Join us as we investigate hibernation, shelters and rainfall with a little bit of winter science.

KS1 Science Lesson Plan – Go On A Bug Hunt To Teach Data Handling In Investigations, Including Variables, Graphs And Charts This lesson aims to revive that cross-curricular marriage between mathematics and science by exploring some ideas for creative uses of data.

Children’s emotional safety and mental health in the classroom is just as important as physical safety Creating and cultivating a community orientated classroom environment is one of the first steps towards successful learning

KS1 Maths Lesson Plan – Learn To Solve Problems And Work Systematically By Comparing Different Kinds Of Daffodils There’s much maths to be found in nature, so why not bring the colours of spring into your classroom with this mathematics investigation using daffodils? The lesson is suitable for pupils in Y1 or Y2 and is meant to be a hands-on activity that will engage all your learners. The investigation is easily differentiated so […]

Cancelling School Trips Because Of Terrorist Attacks Means Fear Wins How we respond to harrowing events greatly influences children – we must teach them to make the most of their lives

KS1/2 Art And Design Lesson Plan – Help Children Get To Know Each Other With A Collaborative Art Project Beginning a new school year and confronted with a class of 30 lively, confident children, it’s sometimes easy for teachers to overlook the fact that many of them don’t actually know each other – which would seem, at the very least, to be something of a missed opportunity. Apart from the friendships that never get […]

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Start the New School Year as you Mean to go on by Getting Behaviour Right How to improve behaviour from day one by being the boss, building a community and being believable...

Write An Effective Risk Assessment Most activities are safe enough to go ahead with, as long as you evaluate the risks correctly

KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Learn What Makes An Effective Composition In Paintings And Drawings As children progress through primary school they sometimes complain that their drawings and paintings don’t ‘look right’ – although they often find it hard to work out why. Frequently, the problem is one of composition: the way the different elements of an image have been put together to form a whole. One common problem is […]

KS1/2 History Lesson Plan – Use QR Codes To Point Children To Relevant Sources QR codes can be used to support and extend learning in the primary classroom. In this KS2 history lesson, QR codes are used to inspire children in a quick and rather curious fashion. Groups of pupils are given a collection of mystery artefacts to which QR codes have been attached. Each code directs children to […]

KS1/2 Art & Design Lesson Plan – Use Basic Computer Programs To Create Geometric Patterns In this lesson, children will create digital images inspired by geometric patterns in two related activities. The first can be completed by less experienced children and makes use of the most basic of ‘paint’ programs, while the second is designed to challenge older children to experiment with more complex compositions and patterns.

Modern In-School Music

Modern In-School Music Resources Review As every primary teacher knows, staging a musical performance is a challenging but rewarding rite of passage that rolls panic, excitement and pride into one. Whether it is a class assembly or a special performance to mark a key moment in the calendar, writing a show from scratch is time-consuming and unnecessary. There are plenty […]

Law And Justice Educational Visits For Primary At The National Justice Museum National Justice Museum Education delivers hands-on, enjoyable learning opportunities outside the classroom with curriculum-linked activities for schools and groups in authentic courtrooms and museum spaces. Pupils gain a practical understanding of the law and justice system, learning more about how the courts work, with popular sessions including courtroom workshops where pupils can create, prepare and […]

Our Practitioners Must be Prolific Wordsmiths who Immerse Children in Rich Language The richer the language children hear and acquire, the greater their success...

Every Kind Of Teaching Assistant You’ll Ever Meet These heroes are the glue that hold a school together. Teach enough classes and you’re bound to be gifted with one of these...

How Should You Teach? Like A Maverick Phil Beadle is here to explain just what that means

Empathy Takes Practice – Young Children Need Time And Help To Learn To Understand Others’ Emotions In children's minds the world revolves around them, and what might seem like deliberately malicious actions aren’t typically an attempt to cause upset

Well-behaved students are oft overlooked, but deserve as much recognition as more-demanding peers As teachers it's easy to ignore the pupils who give us the least grief, on the basis that they’ll just keep doing what they’re doing anyway.

Pie Corbett’s 10 secrets of reading schools Learn from the teachers who are getting it right in their classrooms...

4 of the best shapes and patterns games and activities for early years From recognising shapes, colours and patterns to exploring symmetry and size, there's plenty of ways for kids to discover sides and angles

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