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10 great primary books to delve into history From the Stone Age to WWII, these memorable children’s stories are a rich source of inspiration for writing, discussion and discovering more about the past

13 Non-Fiction Books to Explore the Wonder of the World in KS1/2 Sometimes the most exciting stories are those we know to be true – so why not share these with your class, and see where they take them?

Authors and Illustrator Visits Help Children Contextualise Books Interacting directly with authors and illustrators can help children contextualise a wide range of texts, says Helen Osterfield…

How Memoir Writing can Produce Children’s Best Work Memoir writing encourages children to comb the beaches of their past for the brightest stones, with often brilliant results

Stretch Primary Children’s Learning with Challenging Classic Texts If you’re happy to share Alfred Noyes’ famous narrative poem with primary school pupils, then why stop there, asks Bob Cox...

Why you Should Share the Joys of Oral Storytelling with Children Take a deep breath, put your book to one side and step into the world of oral narrative. You’ll be surprised by children’s reactions, says Mary Medlicott

Why Metacognition Makes Primary Children Better Learners When pupils are taught to think about how they learn, they become better learners, says Eleanor Stringer – and she has the research to prove it…

A history topic based on journeys can inspire rich learning opportunities Looking at journeys encourages children to think about the reasons why people go on voyages, whether it's exploration, migration, slavery or otherwise, says Bev Forrest...

Build a Positive Behaviour Climate in your Primary Classroom Sometimes giving a disruptive child a quick volunteer task is enough to resolve a situation without having to escalate, says Sue Cowley...

How to teach sensitive subjects in KS1/2 history From WW2 to slavery to ideas about the afterlife, history is packed with challenging topics, but museum artefacts can provide the perfect entry point, says Lucy Fulton...

Sir Anthony Seldon on the People who Changed his Life Here, the author and education commentator introduces us to the people who made him the man he is today...

Teachers – Slow Down Before you Burn Out There’s never enough time in teaching – until you slow down, says Jamie Thom...

How to Create a Reading Culture in your Primary or Secondary School These resources were written to support teachers with activity ideas – they are a great way in to creating a school culture where everyone celebrates reading for pleasure. Whether you want to embed some quick-but-effective changes, or you want to hold a school-wide reading celebration, these ideas will give you a great starting point. Activities […]

Assessment should be rigorous, without being a burden on workload Finding out what our students know at any point in time should be a rigorous process – but not, insists Mark Lehain, a burdensome one...

KS2 Maths, English & Science Lesson Plan – Design an Eco-Friendly Takeaway Menu with a Low Water Footprint Much of the water we use is for drinking, cooking and washing. This is known as our ‘domestic consumption’. On average, we each use 150 litres for these purposes per day. However, this is only a small part of the total water used. A big part comes from the ‘virtual water’ that is used in […]

Marathon Kids

Help All Children get Active and Healthy with the Marathon Kids Programme More active children, higher attendance and better attainment – these things are achieved by giving children the opportunity to do more physical activity, which is why the recommendations are out there for schools to provide 30 minutes a day. Of course, with packed-out timetables, this is hard for schools to achieve, and that’s why Kids […]

No More Marking

Review – Assessing Primary Writing Time-saving standardised and nationally benchmarked writing assessment for Y1-6 from No More Marking. At a glance Summative assessments can be a pain in the neck, especially those based on the quality model, such as extended pieces of writing. Assessing creative and open-ended tasks can be complicated, time-consuming and sometimes feels pointless because there is too […]

Why you Should Head to OneSchool Southern Rocks 2019 this February Fantastic speakers, numerous sessions, great coffee and tea...oh, and celebrating great teaching with great teachers, what more could you want?

A Single Comment on my School Report Turned my Life Around Terry Freedman was on a pathway to failure at school – until one teacher's comment helped him work towards a better future...

Lack of School Funds Means this Headteacher is also Doing the Technician’s Job Our school can't afford a new technician, so I've had to step up. I’m now a jack of all trades, says Iain Linsdell...

10 Ways to Close the Word Gap in Primary Schools Successful strategies from real schools and vocabulary experts James Clements, Janine Wooldridge, Jill Carter and Rebecca Geoghegan...

On the Anniversary of September 11 What can we Teach our Children? In these days of Trump, fake news and flat Earthers, we need to take the time to allow our children to understand the context of this day, says Edd Williams...

3 Key Factors that Need to Take Place for the Ed-Tech Revolution in Schools to Succeed Ed-tech has the power to make learning fun and reach all young people, says Jamie Bell...

Why you should try a skills-based approach to teaching history It can be easy in history to fall into the trap of simply giving children fact after fact, but a skills-based approach equips children to go way beyond just ‘knowing stuff’, says Stuart Tiffany...

Empire Windrush Black History Month lesson plan and resources

Windrush KS2 – History and English resource During this Windrush KS2 lesson, children will become aware of the discrimination that black people faced as they arrived in Britain on the Empire Windrush in 1948. It also provides opportunities for pupils to: Once you’ve explored what the Empire Windrush was and the reaction passengers received when they arrived, complete the lesson by writing […]

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