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7 Stress-Busting Strategies To Help You Through The School Day Workplace strain grinding you down? Therapist Kate Beddow runs through a list of stress-reducing activities and small lifestyle changes that busy teachers can incorporate into their daily routines… In the midst of one of the biggest recruitment crises education has ever seen, we’re continuing to pile more stress on to our teachers and TAs. With […]

Statutory Teacher Assessments? Let’s Ditch Them Far from being something to fear, doing away with statutory teacher assessments could help liberate the profession, argues Michael Tidd… I often wonder how much energy and effort – not to mention cost – went into producing the current interim assessment frameworks. Surely it’s rare to devote so much time to something that’s only temporary? […]

‘My Face’ Drawing Templates For KS1/KS2 Boy and girl face drawing templates for use in art/design and PSHE activities.

Government Launches Consultation On National Schools Funding Formula The government has published a set of proposals that will see reforms to the way funding for schools is distributed. The government intends to allocate school funding according to consistent national formula, which would take effect from 2017/18. The new system will seek to ensure that every school in England will be funded according to […]

Roald Dahl KS2 English lesson plan

Roald Dahl KS2 English lesson plan – Seriously funny Roald Dahl’s stories are often hilarious – but behind the larger-than-life characters, imaginative settings and humorous situations there are also thought-provoking issues and questions for children to consider. Dahl is a master storyteller and his books simply fizz with memorable characters and outrageous happenings. They’re also very funny, in a wild and subversive way beloved […]

James and the Giant Peach planning documents

James and the Giant Peach planning – KS1/2 drama lesson plan If you’re looking for James and the Giant Peach planning ideas, the final chapter of the book provides excellent inspiration for an imaginative role-play session in which children work as a team to design their own theme park. James and the Giant Peach planning When planning a drama session based on a story, begin by […]

Puffin Books Virtually Live: The Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Special – 6 Lesson Plans for KS2 A 16-page document containing six lesson plans and supporting material for Puffin Books Virtually Live: The Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Special – an online literacy event that takes place on Thursday 17th March at 2pm For more information, visit puffinvirtuallylive.co.uk or follow @puffinbooks

Egyptian-themed Drawing and Writing Sheets for KS1 / KS2 Two Egyptian-themed exercise sheets – one lined, one unlined – for use in drawing and writing activities.

Jungle-themed Drawing and Writing Sheets for KS1 / KS2 Two jungle-themed exercise sheets – one lined, one unlined – for use in drawing and writing activities.

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’.

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