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Great Speller and Reader Award Certificates for KS1/KS2 Two certificates – one ‘Great Reader Award’ and one ‘Great Speller Award’ – for use in class- or school-wide competitions and literacy initiatives.

Disadvantaged Pupils Need More Arts Education, Not Less Unless we persuade disadvantaged children to take part in the arts, we’re limiting their future opportunities, says Professor Maggie Atkinson… The debate about why the arts matter to education often comes down to a reductive choice. On the one hand, ‘Yes, the arts have value – but only when they don’t distract from maths and […]

New Research Identifies 10 Key Problems With SEND Support For Low Income Families Research carried out by the think tank LKMco and published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found that pupils from low-income families are more than twice as likely to require special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support compared to their better-off peers – while at the same time being less likely to receive the support […]

Nicky Morgan Hits Back At Media Coverage And Union Statements Regarding Primary Assessments The DfE has posted a short video to Twitter, in which education secretary Nicky Morgan takes issue with recent media reporting and union commentary regarding KS1 and KS2 primary assessments. The concerns voiced by teachers’ groups over primary assessments last week led to calls from the NUT for this year’s SATs to be suspended, and […]

Case Study – Rosendale Primary School’s Approach To New Ideas And Reflective Practice Teachers at Rosendale Primary School are learning just as much as the children, says Jacob Stow… “Great staff are what schools live and die by; if you have fabulous teachers, you’re going to have great learning. Your biggest challenge as a leader is to get and keep them – and one of the ways I […]

Duchess of Cornwall Appointed Patron of Roald Dahl 100 Celebrations Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has been announced as Patron of this year’s Roald Dahl 100 – a year-long global celebration marking the birth centenary of the legendary writer and author. The Duchess’ first engagement in her new role was a visit to London’s Southbank Centre, to attend the launch of The Wondercrump […]

DfE Changes Deadline for 2016 Primary School Teacher Assessments The DfE has announced that this year’s deadlines for the submission of KS1 and KS2 teacher assessments have both been revised to 30th June 2016. The reason given for the change – which will apply this year only – is that teachers are currently under ‘unique circumstances’, in working with a new framework to new […]

Interim Assessment Monitoring Tool for KS2 English Now that we have finally received the new writing exemplars for Key Stage 1 and 2, some of you may have noticed that the Interim Assessment Framework has been converted into individualized monitoring tools to track a child’s meeting of each standard. Well, here you are – just for you. Completely editable, these have been […]

Is The Teacher Recruitment Crisis Actually Part Of A Bigger Plan? The government seems committed to the idea of bringing market forces to bear on how our schools work, argues Jon Berry – so why are they doing such a bad job of following the lessons of the market when it comes to recruiting teachers? I love football, and spend many Saturday afternoons enduring the efforts […]

Safer Internet Day – Lesson Plan for KS2 In this activity for Safer Internet Day, pupils consider the benefits of the internet. They discuss its positives and negatives and consider ways in which they could improve the internet for children, so that it is safer for them to use. Pupils work in groups to formulate their ideas and share them with the rest […]

Start As You Mean To Go On – Is Learning At the Chalkface The Best Way to Train New Teachers? Is throwing young educators right into the fray really the best way forward? Does it increase their employability? Headteacher Tom Donohoe certainly thinks so… In 2012, when Michael Gove announced the introduction of School Direct (SD) – his school-based route into teaching – it was considered by some to be controversial, as it seemed to […]

Understanding Culture – Modern Foreign Languages Lesson Plan for KS2 Lesson plan and supporting materials originally featured in volume 10 issue 2 of Teach Primary magazine. The shortage of MFL teachers in primary schools means that some are left to introduce a foreign language they do not speak. But that doesn’t mean you can’t teach a good lesson, says Raymond Rodgers… Learning objectives: • Learn […]

When it Comes to Primary Reading Comprehension, Are your Class Asking the Right Questions? Donna Thomson explains why asking deep questions of a comprehension text is something all children can, and should be doing...

David Didau: What Teachers Need to Know About Zero Tolerance Deal with minor transgressions thoroughly, and you’ll prevent more serious lapses of discipline later on – right? David Didau explains why it’s not always as simple as that… If you’re going to manage children’s behaviour you need a healthy balance of carrot and stick. Positive reinforcement is great, but at some point children confront us […]

The Free School Free-For-All – Why Celeb Educators Serve To Distract Us From What’s Really Happening Not every wannabe can run a successful school, says Fiona Millar – so let’s not get celebrity stardust in our eyes So Geri Halliwell wants to open a free school. This inevitably provoked hilarity on Twitter and elsewhere when it came to light late last year, after the former Spice Girl explained in a newspaper […]

Sanctions & Warnings Tickets - Behaviour Management Resource for KS1 and KS2 Two PDFs containing eight cut-out ‘tickets’ for use as part of your classroom behaviour policy – eight marked ‘sanction’ and a further eight marked ‘warning note’.

Practical Ways to Build Mutual Trust - Behaviour Management Resource for KS1 and KS2 Often employed in theatre to establish physical trust between actors, trust exercises can also be used in the classroom to build physical and emotional trust in an active and practical way without having to use words. In this 3-page guide for teachers, Paul Dix outlines a series of three distinct trust exercises, aimed at developing […]

Teaching Topics: The Palaeolithic Period - History Resource for KS2 This standalone Flash application from Teaching Topics includes key facts, cartoons and videos to teach KS pupils about the The Palaeolithic Period, or Old Stone Age, and comes supplied with accompanying teacher’s notes containing cross-curricular activities. Areas covered include: • Flint • Creswell Crags • Cave Art and Portable Art • The Paviland Skeleton • […]

We Have The Educational Technology – But Do We Have The Knowledge And Confidence To Use It Properly? More schools than ever are incorporating sophisticated technology into their classrooms – yet as Elise Rappoport finds out, it’s often the case that teachers need more training and support before being able to use them effectively… Digital learning is an inherent part of the educational system; whether that’s schools providing pupils with tablets or laptops, […]

The #WomenEd Movement – Where It’s Been And Where It’s Going Vice principal and #WomenEd co-founder Hannah Wilson looks back on how the grassroots movement aimed at promoting diversity in school leadership first came into being, and updates us on its progress so far… Since Spring 2015, social media has been alive with tweets, blogs and discussions about gender equality in the education sector. Staffrm alone […]

Controlling The Pack With Fear And Threats – The Alpha Female’s Role In Bullying Dr Sam Littlemore explores the role of 'alpha' females in bullying...

Tardy Timekeeping – What Should You Do If A Child Is Constantly Late? As the school day starts you’re more accustomed to seeing Abigail’s empty chair than her face. What do you do when neither punishment nor reward seem to be working?

Leaving teaching – Why I quit after just one term With numerous teachers leaving the profession within years of qualifying, we know things need to change. But what makes someone not want to return after only a few months?

The Problem With Reading For Pleasure Headline-grabbing programmes, celebrity supporters and cheap books are no substitute for real investment in literacy teaching and support, argues Alex Quigley...

Government to double funding for relationship support and parenting classes David Cameron has announced government plans to spend £70 million on relationship support and classes for parents over the next five years. The plan forms part of a wider government strategy to tackle poverty, which will also see the replacement of ‘run-down’ housing estates with new developments, and additional funding for the National Citizen Service […]

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