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Toys in Space by Mini Grey KS1 Book Topic – Getting Playful With Storytelling And Imagination Mini Grey’s metafictional tale draws young children’s attention to the playful side of storytelling and feeds their imagination with the question: where do all the lost toys go? Look at stories within stories, look at different perspectives, imagine different planets, create stories for toys and delve into a bit of physics.

Christopher Nibble In A Tale of Dandelion Derring-Do – A Cross-Curricular Book Topic For KS1 Play with poetry, create real writing with a menu and role-play advertising for a persuasive pitch to the class. You can also become town planners for Dandeville, designing a map or building a model.

Bambert’s Book Of Missing Stories – Help children appreciate the power of reading and writing Use comprehension skills to infer character information from the illustrations, explore similes in the text, build a character description wall of Bambert with notes on what children know about him and see how stories can take us on journeys anywhere in the real world and the imaginary one.

Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes, A KS1 Non-Fiction Book Topic To Explore Under The Microscope Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes brings science and art together, and author Nicola Davies introduces her subject in a friendly, respectful manner, providing hard facts in context and complex ideas in a way that children can relate. Pay attention to the little things with a treasure hunt, draw or make your own microbes and […]

Use Francesca Simon’s Do You Speak English Moon? To Explore Empathy Through Creative Writing This story of a little boy’s affinity with the moon, from Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon, opens the way to thoughtful discussions on the subject of friendship, loneliness, kindness and empathy. Create adventurous role-play scenarios, and write stories about a trip to the moon.

Boost Visual Literacy In KS1 With Tao Nyeu’s Wordless Picturebook Wonder Bear Get creative learning bubbling across the KS1 curriculum, with Wonder Bear by Tao Nyeu. It’s ideal for developing children’s visual literacy because of its beautiful series of magical illustrations that will inspire your class to imagine, question and create. Make your own soundscapes for the story, build a model landscape and explore the science of […]

Use Scaredy Squirrel To Help KS1 Children Face Their Fears Through Creative Storywriting When the comically paranoid Scaredy Squirrel learns to face his fears, it’s the perfect opportunity for children to do the same. This hilarious book by Melanie Watt lets kids talk about fears and stepping into the unknown, and write a story centred around things that frighten them the most.

7 funny trending teacher videos to welcome in the weekend From Star Wars Ofsted spoofs to 300's Spartans preparing to teach nursery, here are some of the best education-related comedy videos online

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Professor Alice Roberts’ education – “Great lessons spark curiosity” Professor Alice Roberts kept her options as open as possible at school – and would like today’s students to be able to do the same

‘It Takes Two’ – Good Communication Development Requires Interactions Between Parents And Children We need to spell out the fact that good communication development requires high-quality interactions between parents and children

There’s Still Time For Justine Greening To Find Her Voice, But It’s Running Out Fast We are dependent now on the government, and the Secretary of State in particular, to pull something out of the bag for us, but she is curiously and almost unnaturally silent

Lost In Space – So This Is The Science Museum, Kids…Now What? The vast and sprawling nature of this otherwise amazing institution makes it hard for pupils to create a timeline of events, so here's a guided tour that follows rockets to the moon

Introduce Children To Elements Of Risk Slowly; They Need To Feel Safe A Q&A with Fiona Bland, Early Years Adviser at NDNA, on risky outdoor play and activities, and children who may not be ready to challenge themselves just yet

Nelson Spelling – Sample Lesson For KS1 English Try a sample Year 2/P3 lesson focusing on ‘are’, ‘air’ and ‘ear’ graphemes. This resource includes links to free accompanying activity sheets and teaching notes – further information can be found at the OUP website.

Nelson Grammar – Sample Lesson For KS1 English Try a sample Year 2/P3 lesson focusing on adjectives, taken from OUP’s Nelson Grammar series. This resource includes links to free accompanying activity sheets and teaching notes – further information can be found at the OUP website.

It’s Time We Found A Job Title That Sums Up What Every Early Years Practitioner Does – Teach! What’s in a name? Why does our qualification dictate our title over the skills and attributes required of the role?

Encouraging girls, black pupils and kids from lower socio-economic backgrounds to enter the sciences Developing ‘science capital’ in primary school is crucial to allowing all children to think ‘I can be a scientist’...

An Outdoors For Everyone – Why We Must Provide Green Spaces For All It isn’t always easy to provide young children with the natural spaces they need, but it’s a challenge we must overcome

With Bullying, Take Into Account That SEN Students May Struggle To Recognise The Behaviours Involved Every school must have measures to prevent bullying, but research suggests over 16,000 young people in the UK are regularly absent because of it. So how can we do better?

“It’s A National Scandal” – Expert Dr David Whitebread Offers His Solution On Summer-Born Children The summer-borns question continues to vex parents and childhood campaigners alike. Richard House asks early years expert Dr David Whitebread for his solution.

My #BAMEed Pledge – Why Diversity In Teaching Matters #WomenEd has done a lot to raise the profile of the need for more female leaders, but black, Asian and minority ethnic educators are still facing systemic barriers that need addressing

Why You Should Visit A Special School With a large number of children needing SEND support or EHC plans, why have so few teachers taken a trip to see how settings outside the mainstream do things?

Your Six-Step Sequence To Modelling Writing Across The Curriculum The importance of showing good written skills is not the preserve of English lessons, all subjects can benefit from it

Teach Children How To Improve Their Writing – Without Your Help Ian Eagleton saw big improvements when he helped children to take control of their writing – down to the very last semicolon. Here’s how you can do the same...

Tips For Children – Spread A Little Kindness Children’s mental health charity Place2Be is hosting its annual Children’s Mental Health Week from the 6-12 February 2017 and the theme is ‘spread a little kindness’. It can be hard to know what to do to help someone going through a tough time, but small acts of kindness can make all the difference. Download these […]

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