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10 Great SEND Ideas For Visual Supports In The Classroom Keep the learners in your classroom informed, grounded and reassured with these 10 ideas for great visual supports from Adele Devine…

Why ‘Inclusion’ Can Cause Problems For Pupils With SEND Could a well-meaning focus on ‘inclusivity’ actually be depriving some children of their entitlement to effective education? Jarlath O’Brien thinks so...

Why We Need To Support The Mental Health Of Children With Special Education Needs When the focus is on diagnosis, we risk children’s mental health needs going unmet, warns Julia Clements

Are Your SEND Interventions Doing What They Should Be? Here’s How To Check If an intervention isn’t working, it shouldn’t be happening, says Meriel Bull

Zoe Wanamaker – “Dyslexia Has Made Me Want To Achieve More” Actress Zoë Wanamaker’s dyslexia means that learning lines is especially challenging – but it’s also given her the determination to succeed...

Closing The Connectivity Gap Poor connectivity is still a problem in far too many schools, says Neil Watkins – and often, an unnecessary one

Mobile Devices – How Are You Storing Yours? A mobile devices strategy that doesn’t consider safe storage and charging is simply not fit for purpose, says Denise Crouch

Is It Time For Your School To Go Cashless? Cashless payment systems mean notes and coins no longer change hands on the premises of many schools – with far reaching benefits for the whole community, says Kelly Clark

Want To Engage Parents? Use Their Phones… Getting parents and carers involved in their youngsters’ learning is a sure recipe for success, says Laura Armfield – and modern technology can make it easy

How Technology Is Driving Inclusivity At Priestnall School, Stockport At Priestnall School in Stockport, technology plays a big part in ensuring that every student is supported to succeed, says Lucy Collins

Ken Robinson’s Vision For The Future Of Education As part of the HundrED project, 100 visions for the future of education are being collected – here, Sir Ken Robinson shares a glimpse of his...

When It Comes To Promoting Reading For Pleasure There’s Only One Way To Do It – Show, Don’t Tell Carnegie-nominated author Maria Turtschaninoff knows that a love of books can't always be communicated, but it can be displayed

“Who were these ‘Nazis’?” John Boyne on what made him a reader Without Ian Serraillier’s The Silver Sword, John Boyne might never have written his own children’s classics...

5 surefire ways to stop children making the same grammar mistakes Persistent GaPS mistakes getting you down? These suggestions could make everything better...

Create An Exciting, Imaginative Play Space With Just Crates, Pebbles And A Length Of String Not every playground has to rely on expensive equipment, and your children's fun levels shouldn't be limited by your budget

“Time to eat children” and 10 other brilliant grammar fails to brighten up your weekend Just be glad you're not marking these...

Can We Still Afford Glue Sticks? This most humble of items is a great indicator of a school's prosperity, thinks Kevin Harcombe...

The College Of Teaching Could Give Us The Professional And Political Clout We’ve Been Waiting For Let's make our voices heard, says Michael Tidd

All Staff Need To Be Professionally Trained To Support Children’s Mental Health We need to know our students a little better, says John Tomsett

13 Outrageous And Funny One-Star Reviews Of Great Children’s Books 'The characters' names were too plain', 'my ebook never came in the post' and other bizarre online criticism of children's literature

Philosopher's Stone discussion guide

Philosopher’s Stone – Harry Potter 1 discussion guide and activities In the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter receives news that changes his life. He is being summoned to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He’s astonished to learn that his deceased parents were both wizards. They died trying to protect infant Harry from a Dark wizard named Voldemort. Crossing genres including fantasy, thriller and mystery, […]

Prisoner of Azkaban discussion guide

Prisoner of Azkaban – Harry Potter 3 discussion guide and activities In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the wizarding world is concerned for Harry Potter’s safety when Sirius Black, an escapee from the prison of Azkaban, is believed to be hunting him. Harry also learns one of the most valuable spells of all: how to invoke the Patronus Charm that allows him to banish […]

4 Hooks to Perfectly Pitch Texts to Reluctant Readers and Writers Getting children invested in a text is one thing, keeping them invested is another. Here's how you can keep them wanting to come back to books every time.

“Some Of Our Residentials Are 15 Minutes Away, But To The Children It Feels Like The Countryside” School trips can be logistically challenging, but a collaborative project in Birmingham proves working together improves outcomes for everyone, says Anna Blewett

7 of the best non-fiction books for KS1 and 2 From dinosaurs to Scratch, women in science to evolution, here are some great factual texts to inspire kids...

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