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10 Ways To Make The Most Of Your Outdoor Space Outdoor play can help pupils’ health, behaviour and concentration – Juno Hollyhock outlines some great ways to use your space effectively

How SEN Children Are Benefiting From A New Sensory Room At Kiddi Caru Caldecotte Both calming and stimulating, this space to unwind is helping practitioners to better support those with special educational needs

Picture Books Provide A Safe Place To Explore Those Difficult Emotions That Are Hard To Put Into Words Pandora author Victoria Turnbull takes a long look at loneliness in literature

“We’ll Have To Raise Fees” – Parents Can’t Wait For Sept, But The Sector Is Worried About 30 Hours To succeed, we need sufficient funding, enough staff and more space, says June O'Sullivan

It Is Possible To Cut Food Costs Without Sacrificing Quality, But You Must Know What You’re Serving You cannot cost a meal without a recipe, says Nigel Denby

7 Strategies To Encourage Genuine Enquiry And An Independent Love Of Learning We now have the genuine opportunity open to develop a sense of curiosity, and above all to encourage independent thinking.

3 Award-Winning Children’s Books Every School Should Own This week we announced the winners of the Teach Primary 2017 New Children’s Fiction Awards, and it’s an exciting line up.

Explore Books Through Drama To Turn Pupils Into Evacuees, Witnesses To A Crime Or Visitors To Narnia “At the most extreme end of the spectrum, children can immerse themselves in the world of a story in a way they will never forget”

Checking And Evidencing Understanding In Real Time Could Be As Simple As Using Existing Tech Better “Achieving understanding of what’s happening inside students’ minds does not require fancy gadgets”

Why Your Early Years Team Must Partner With Parents To Secure The Best Outcomes For Children Busy Bees’ Lisa Snell explains how to work effectively with mums and dads

New Early Years Pilot Launched To Transform 1,000 Lives Achievement for All and Kinderly are helping Early Years practitioners to kick-start children's education

Remembering Children’s Names Is Our Teacher Superpower The sooner you can tell your Paizlees from your Chukas, the easier it will be to start building relationships, says Sue Cowley

There’s Nothing Wrong with Having High Expectations of NQTs from the Start Yes, they're new to the job, but that doesn't mean you can't point out when things aren't up to scratch, says Julie Price Grimshaw

8 funny teacher memes to brighten up your day Who'd be a teacher, eh? Only someone with the perseverance to get through this lot and still come back the next day, and the next day. Bless you all.

Minutes From The School Trip Organisation Committee Meeting (From Those Who Bothered To Attend) Present: AF, TH, CC (by some minor miracle, think she must’ve come in by mistake), RG, RC and EF Apologies from: So many buggers that I’m not going to bother to list them Meeting held in: Learning Zone One so it’s cold and no-one can hear each other ITEM 1 Finding and working the thermostat […]

The 6 Kinds Of Headteacher You’ll Ever Meet Recruitment woes. Funding cuts. The relentless curriculum reform. Who'd be a head these days? These lot.

When Ofsted Offers You The Opportunity To Take Part In A Joint Observation – Seize It It’s important to take full advantage when your inspector invites you to watch your team in action, says Julian Grenier

8 Great Quick-And-Easy Lego Activities And Resources To Boost Learning (And Fun) In Your Classroom Build up children's knowledge of numbers, letters and more with everyone's favourite building blocks

4 Wellbeing Habits Teachers Should Adopt Today Protect your mental health and make a positive impact on your students with these strategies

Stop Coping, Start Thriving – Moving Your Nursery From ‘Staying Afloat’ To ‘Full Steam Ahead’ "If a business isn’t sustainable, it cannot provide high-quality, reliable childcare and early years education, or support hardworking staff with their career development – and that’s no good to anyone"

E-learning Journeys Enhance Our Early Years Provision – It’s Time To Retire The Paper-Based System Embracing digital technology can pay huge dividends, says Emma Davis

Use this lesson to discuss the characters’ mixed emotions in George’s Marvellous Medicine Having read the extract, pass out the ‘mixed up emotions’ cards provided in this resource. Get children to discuss the scenarios and why they might produce conflicting feelings. Following this, can they complete the lesson by considering how the characters in George’s Marvellous Medicine might have mixed emotions?

Children will plan their own magical stories in this lesson based on George’s Marvellous Medicine Map the plot of George’s Marvellous Medicine using the activity sheet provided. Now help children plan the plots to their own magical stories. Warm up for the main lesson with some activities that will help children develop their understanding of verbs and adverbs and their use in exciting writing.

Update Your Lessons With An Ultra Short Throw Projector At The Cutting Edge Classroom projectors are like second teachers, co-pilots, teaching assistants, octopuses and multimedia magicians all rolled into one. They are adaptable, flexible, fun and boast lots of benefits, as they can: • maximise engagement and attention • allow for an incredible diversity of activities for vibrant teaching • enable us to gamify lessons • support real-time […]

Two pupils at Oasis Academy Skinner Street

Oasis Academy Skinner Street – How Dan Morrow makes a difference in the primary he attended as a child Learn how Dan Morrow went from pupil to principal at Oasis Academy Skinner Street in Kent

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