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Glasgow Science Centre

Get curious about the planet with Glasgow Science Centre Glasgow Science Centre’s online science festival about climate change will take place 29 September-1 October and everyone aged seven and upwards is invited.Curious About Our Planet will help people uncover the impact of climate change[...]

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How to improve vocabulary with non-fiction texts How non-fiction books can help develop vocabulary, spoken language skills and debates in the classroom...

Gavin Williamson mobile phones ban is the ‘wrong priority’ for primaries What schools really need from the Education Secretary has nothing to do with mobile phones, says the ASCL's Tiffnie Harris

RM Education

Comparative judgement – How can it help you? Formative or summative, school or college, RM Compare is changing the way we look at assessment – forever...As simple as A, B, Compare...RM Compare harnesses our natural ability to make highly accurate and consistent judgements[...]

Drawing and Talking

How Drawing and Talking can help support pupils overcoming trauma 30-second briefing Drawing and Talking technique is a short-term intervention designed to complement the work of CAHMS and can support those children and young people who will otherwise go untreated and remain affected by unresolved[...]

Discovery Education

Power up – Time-saving resources Find, create and personalise learning materials easily with Discovery Education Espresso... Most UK teachers use technology in the classroom, so it's no surprise there’s a tool for every task and endless search results for content.[...]

Designated Mental Health Lead year planner A school that aims to adopt a culture of mental health and wellbeing will need a whole-school approach. There are many key stakeholders who all need to be involved and working with each other. It[...]

New teachers, COVID and you – How to help your ECTs survive and thrive Those just starting out on their teaching careers now face considerably greater challenges than those who came before them, observes Nikki Cunningham-Smith...

Education after COVID – What do you want your ‘normal’ to look like? With teachers having shown their mettle and successfully kept the educational show on the road during 2021, the time has come for an education revolution, says Jaz Ampaw-Farr...

Primary school books – tips for a reading audit You’ve got your clipboard and newly sharpened pencil ready. But what exactly should you look for when you audit your school’s reading provision?

School achievement and gender – What’s the answer to the ‘boy question’? After making an influential contribution to the debate around boys’ education with the book Boys Don’t Try? Mark Roberts discusses its follow-up, and what has (and hasn’t) changed since...

Education reform – Schools are exhausted by change, but things have to get better Despite long-running issues that require urgent – and in some areas, radical – change to the education system, there are some major barriers preventing any real progress from being made…

Primary school science – Ideas to make physics fun From failing her A-level (twice), to becoming confident and excited about teaching primary physics, Dr Michelle Saunders shares ideas for fun science engagement...

NQT year – How to survive as an NQT Learning how to teach is daunting enough, but what should you do when a pandemic is added into the mix? Hear from experts and fellow trainees about how they plan to tackle the start of[...]

Primary school music – How to keep pupils (and Ofsted) happy Ofsted want all schools to teach music to all children, and we can all play our part, says David Liggins...

Metacognition – Metacognitive strategies lesson plan for KS2 maths Metacognition helps learners plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning. When children identify which strategies are most helpful to them in learning something new, and which strategies don’t work so well, they build up a[...]

John Agard poems lesson plan

John Agard poems – KS2 lesson plan This KS2 lesson plan focuses on John Agard poems – particularly More Pointless Questions. Pupils will use the poem as a vehicle for exploring the natural world. They’ll also learn about using rhetorical questions to provoke, and how[...]

Outdoor learning (and growing) – The many benefits of maintaining a school garden Gail Hovey recalls her involvement in helping students at one London secondary take some unused land and gradually turn it into an award-winning asset for the whole school…

Dance Days

Educational Dance Workshops for Schools What is it? Dance Days provides educational dance workshops for schools, tailored to meet your school’s needs. We are able to showcase over 30 dance styles linking to the curriculum, world events and celebrations. This[...]

Restorative practice – how it can restore trust and help put things right Mark Finnis makes a concise case for why your behaviour management system can benefit from an injection of restorative practice...

Learning together – how the Focus Trust shares best practice online From NQTs to vastly experienced teachers – how sharing resources online has helped the Focus Trust weather the Covid storm and come out stronger...

Primary geography curriculum – Top tips from Mark Enser In his new book, Mark aims to empower teachers to design and deliver an effective geography curriculum...

Religious education in primary schools – What’s the point? Katie Freeman explores the ‘worldview’ approach in RE, and how it can help children understand others’ points of view...

Setting desirable difficulty – A brief guide to what works Adam Riches offers some concise suggestions for pitching your lesson’s difficulty at just the right level...

What is Humanism? Primary resources for RE Teaching children about non-religious views such as Humanism is just as important as traditional RE, says Luke Donnellan...

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