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Could Keeping Students Hydrated Really Improve Outcomes? Would putting a water cooler in every classroom improve attainment? Glen Gilchrist wasn’t going to take a professor’s word for it...

Angel Oak Academy – Meet the school where 11 teachers are doing funded master’s degrees “We don’t do fluffy – we do academic,” says headteacher Catherine Hewitt...

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Take your Class on a Magical Adventure with Nevermoor – Including Free Resources Discover the book everyone’s talking about, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend. Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive. Morrigan Crow is cursed, destined to die on her 11th birthday. But, as […]

Supply Teacher Feedback Form A great little form for either supply teachers or teachers preparing for their cover. It has simple headings that help teachers pick out the key information needed for a good handover between professionals, so that everyone knows what is meant to be happening and what has happened. The Feedback Form includes: Emma Middlemiss has over […]

Dyslexia facts for children

Dyslexia facts – Fact sheet for children This dyslexia facts download is from The Week Junior‘s ‘All About…’ series. This series gives children information on various subjects in a bite-sized, age-appropriate way. Use it during Dyslexia Awareness Week in October to help pupils understand what life is like for the up to one in five children who have dyslexia. The article covers: […]

Teachers, Try to Manage your Workload or you Will Burn Out There’s always something else to be done in teaching, says our anonymous correspondent – but if you try and do it all yourself, you’ll be heading for a fall

Improve your behaviour management by ‘playing’ a cool and calm character Imagining yourself ‘in role’ can help you to remain collected when behaviour becomes difficult, says John Coxhead...

What to do After a Failed Ofsted Inspection A failed inspection should represent the first step in a journey of improvement, says Ruth Sparkes – and that’s the message you need to share

KS2 computing lesson plan – Use children’s coding skills to beat a hacker Set up an exciting imaginary emergency to help children showcase their computing talents, says Adam Parkhouse… Now we’ve been working with the new computing curriculum for a while, you will probably find that the children in your class are able to work in a variety of coding languages and can solve a range of problems […]

The Government’s Refusal to Fund Free Sanitary Products for School Pupils is Shameful This decision demonstrates a lack of empathy and compassion, says Fiona Millar...

Children’s Books Need More Diverse Characters Shockingly few kids’ books feature characters of colour or with disabilities – it’s our responsibility to challenge that

No One Should Have to Choose Between Teaching and Parenthood It's hard enough keeping teachers in the profession as it is right now, so don't make them pick between school and home life, says Tom Starkey

The Week Junior

Review – The Week Junior Devoted to children aged 8-14, packed with fascinating stories and information, The Week Junior is a fabulous news and activity magazine that offers young readers a variety of interesting stories from here, there and everywhere. It’s a weekly publication that not only dazzles children with information and knowledge, but also entertains with engaging activities. The […]

EARTH Acrostic Poem Template for KS2 Science, Art and Literacy This printable worksheet tasks students with writing an acrostic poem using the word ‘Earth’, all about our planet, and why it’s important to look after it. There’s also space for children to draw illustrations to accompany their poems. Find more resources from Staedtler Teachers’ Club at teachersclub.staedtler.co.uk. Browse more resources for World Environment Day.

Having ADHD Makes Me a Better Teacher Primary teacher David Keyte was in denial about his diagnosis until he began working with a pupil with the same condition

What’s the fuss about editing stations? How on earth can we get children to properly check their work? This may be the answer…

Education is About so Much More than Merely Preparing Young People for Employment “In praise of useless knowledge” – Top grades are not the benchmark of a good education, so let’s encourage learning for its own sake, insists Dr Shirley Lawes...

Looking for Great Early Years CPD? Think Outside the Box Developing, retaining and motivating staff can be difficult, so when it comes to professional development it’s worth broadening your horizons…

What exactly is a ‘reasonable’ teacher workload? Read one city’s practical solution to the problem of excessive teacher workloads...

Will a Year’s Sabbatical Really Stop Teachers Leaving the Profession? A year’s sabbatical once you’ve served a decade is all very well, but a quarter of teachers don’t even make it to five years

Tractors and Harvesting Lesson Ideas for KS1 and KS2 Science and Literacy These materials are intended to provide lesson ideas for Science and Literacy. The ideas and materials are suitable for children at KS1 and KS2 although some differentiation will be necessary for the youngest children. In particular, younger children will not be able to follow the written instructions on the pupil sheets. However, they should be […]

Happy Hens Science, D&T and Literacy Lesson Ideas for KS1 and KS2 These materials are intended to provide lesson ideas for Science, D&T and Literacy. The ideas and materials are suitable for children at KS1 and KS2 although some differentiation will be necessary for the youngest children. In particular, younger children will not be able to follow the written instructions on the pupil sheets. However, they should […]

Entering a National Competition En Masse can Improve Children’s Writing Using a creative writing contest has produced some surprising outcomes for the children at Garstang Primary School, says deputy head Suzanne Thomas...

How to be a Whistleblower Without Risking Your Career So you’ve got evidence of serious wrongdoing in your school – but can you expose it without risking your own livelihood? Absolutely, discovers Anna Blewett...

How Can you get Students to be More Open to Feedback? We all have pupils who switch off or don't take kindly to academic advice, so how do you get them to listen? Andy Griffith has some ideas...

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