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NEU General Secretary Dr Mary Bousted on the People who Made Her a Great Teacher Each issue Teach Primary asks one amazing teacher: who’s changed your life? Here, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union introduces us to her dream team

The new Interim Teacher Assessment Framework (ITAF) changes explained Changes to the ITAF have led to confusion for Y6 teachers, but fear not – Tim Roach is on hand to help

8 Tips that Will Help you Survive in Teaching – #JustLetMeTeach Forgotten why you ever wanted to be a teacher? Refocus and get back on track with Dr Emma Kell’s wise advice

KS2 Geography Lesson Plan – Discover Key Physical Features of World Cup Host Russia Russia offers much in the teaching of geography. Despite its relatively small population, it’s one of the largest countries in the world by land mass – twice the size of the USA and 70 times the size of the UK. It also has the world’s largest continuous land border, largest active volcano, largest swamp, deepest […]

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Review – PUMA and PiRA Online Tests Standardised assessments are a valuable and important part of school life because they help us measure and predict pupil progress in English and maths and tell us how our pupils are performing relative to pupils in other schools. To do this with any sense of accuracy and reliability requires carefully crafted tests that help provide […]

12 Questions that Terrify Primary Teachers From 'Where do babies come from?' to 'Have you seen the mess in the boys' toilets?', these are the queries all teachers dread

How to Manage a Challenging Parent – The CALM Approach Fight? Flight? Freeze? Don't panic, Steph Caswell has some practical advice to help you through encounters with angry parents

Dyslexia – What does it feel like to attend school as a child with dyslexia? Margaret Rooke set about finding out – and here are some of the answers…

Why Are We Excluding So Many children With SEND? I take great interest in the annual release of statistics from the Department for Education on the exclusion of children from school. In the last couple of years this has become something of a depressing exercise, with both fixed-term and permanent exclusions on the rise. In addition, I’ve had more conversations with LAs about exclusions […]

‘Assess’, ‘Plan’, ‘Do’, ‘Review’ Works For SEND Learners – So Why Not Try It For SEND CPD? We use a graduated approach when addressing learners’ needs, writes Michael Surr – so why not try doing the same with your SEND-related staff CPD?

If You’re Going To Provide Speech Support, Make It Available To ALL Pupils Henrietta McLachlan and Alex Hall take a look at what supporting the SLCN of all pupils actually involves in practice – and where schools have a tendency to get things wrong…

When it Comes to Teaching SEND Students Literacy a Whole-School Approach is the Only Option Literacy affects everything – so involve everyone, writes Nancy Gedge

Encourage Independent Thinking in Primary Maths We need to think carefully about the activity that a task will generate, says Mike Askew

The Benefits Of Whole Class Ensemble Tuition In KS2 Researchers from Birmingham City University have been studying the effect of WCET on pupils’ music experiences and attainment

What is challenge in science and how should we approach it in schools? Rosalind Walker offers eight ways to help students delve deep into the scientific study's world of profound explanation and elegant prediction...

Why You Should Take Your Primary School to the Theatre You’ve got your tickets, done your risk assessment and booked the coach to London – here’s why school theatre trips are worth the effort

Five-a-day exercises lesson plan

KS2 PE lesson plan – Get fit with five-a-day exercises Children are full of life and most enjoy being active, but they may be unaware of why movement is beneficial or what is actually happening to their bodies as they exercise. The aim of this cross-curricular lesson is to learn about parts of the body and what happens to them when we exercise, linking PE […]

Days Where you Throw Out the Teaching Timetable can be Ones Where Students, and Teachers, Learn the Most – #JustLetMeTeach As a Year 6 teacher, Mr J wished his school's Raising Aspirations week would wait til SATs were out the way, that was until he saw how every child responded

The Key CEO Fergal Roche Talks About the People Who Influenced His Life and Career The CEO, author and former head introduces us to those who left a lasting impact on him

#JustLetMeTeach – When Did You Last Feel Excited About Education? With nearly 90% of teachers saying they are running lessons with little or no educational value in order to give students a better chance of passing national tests, it's time to celebrate the moments you get to really teach

Do Teachers Have To Go On School Trips? You might not get paid to go, but there are benefits to volunteering to staff your school’s next residential

Teacher stress – I was signed off because of my mental health and now teach supply Teacher JL Dutaut speaks honestly about his mental health journey and teacher burnout

KS2 Science Lesson Plan – Use Candyfloss to Demonstrate Dissolving and Solutions Some parts of the primary science national curriculum positively fizz, crackle and pop with excitement. Which child hasn’t been wowed by the wonders of the solar system or grossed out by the way marsupials give birth (probably worth a google)? Other parts, such as solubility, are about as exciting as, well, a cup of tea. […]

Celebrating History at its Best with The Historical Association Are you delivering rigorous and inspirational history provision throughout your school? Do you want to improve your provision using a structured and tested framework? Look no further than the Historical Association Quality Mark. It’s the perfect way not only to gain recognition for the fantastic achievements of your staff and pupils, but also create a […]

Prepositions in pop songs quiz – Can you fill in the missing prepositions in these song titles? Challenge your students to our music-themed SPaG quiz by filing in the blanks. Can they beat your score?

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