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Le Chat Got Your Tongue? – How Non-Language Specialists Can Teach Great MFL Lessons If teaching a foreign language feels like you’re up la crique without une pagaie, here are some fun and easy ways to make MFL lessons plain sailing, says Dr Amanda Barton...

Try this lesson planning tool that weaves grammar into daily activities With the curriculum’s heavy emphasis on grammar, there’s a danger children could be put off writing for good. But get your planning right and there’s plenty of fun to be had, says Emma Caulfield...

Use Minecraft To Make Big Improvements To Children’s Writing When Chris Waterworth asked his class to recreate Willy Wonka’s factory in Minecraft, there were delectable changes to children’s writing...

Clever ways for kids to learn common exception words If common exception words are causing a nuisance, these marvellous suggestions will take the weight off your mind...

6 Of The Best Free Maths Mastery Resources For Primary School With maths mastery flying up the government's agenda here are some of the best free resources available

“I Wanted To Challenge Them” – How One West London Primary Made The Transition To Singapore Maths Switching to Singapore maths isn’t easy – but as practice at Three Bridges Primary School illustrates, with good leadership and a skilled teaching staff, it can transform children’s learning, says Jacob Stow...

You Don’t Have To Be A Specialist To Make Music With Your Primary Class Musical expertise may be in short supply among teachers, so wouldn’t it be better to leave music teaching to the specialists? Anna Gower is not convinced...

Get With The Programme – Use These Digital Resources To Boost Your Pupils’ Enjoyment Of Reading Rather than being the enemy of literacy as some assume, technology can be its enabler, as Martin McKay explains...

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Trouble Brewing? – Restorative Approaches To Managing Behaviour Need Time, Planning And Patience Like a good cup of coffee, restorative practice requires time and patience if you don’t want to get burned, says Paul Dix...

How ‘Family Learning’ Can Improve Your Setting’s Standards Of Parental Engagement Children learn best when their parents are engaged with their education – so let’s use our resources and expertise to get them engaged, says Claire Matthes...

Use Roald Dahl’s ‘The Great Mouse Plot’ to explore the creative potential of autobiographies in KS2 English Few children will have a tale of a daringly concealed ex-rodent – but reading Roald Dahl’s The Great Mouse Plot will help them understand how their own histories can be turned into fabulous stories, says Carey Fluker Hunt...

How music therapy can get your class working in harmony Music therapy is much more than a band aid. It’s a creative outlet, a means of expression and way for children to find their voice, says Lloyd Burgess...

Festival Of Education 2016, Day 2 – Matthew Syed And Stephen Lockyer On Mindset Helen Mulley hears why schools themselves should adopt a growth mindset to learn from failures, but also how 'mindset' is becoming an empty buzzword...

Why Has There Been A Spike In Number Of People Applying To Become RE Teachers? Sure, there’s a teacher recruitment crisis – so why are applications for PGCE Religious Education courses on the rise? Colin Hallmark has the answer...

NUT Members Votes For Strike Action First day of discontinuous strike action over pay and working conditions scheduled for July 5th

How important is maths practice? Repetitive learning of sums and examples of perfect shapes are only half the equation, says Jo Boaler

UNISON Survey Finds School Support Staff Having To Deal With Rising Violence And Abuse More than half of TAs responding to survey report experiencing physical violence from pupils and parents over the past year

Anyone For Tennis? – Get Set For Wimbledon With These 6 Tennis Resources For Schools As the renowned lawn tennis competition gears up, here's a selection of resources to get your pupils into backhanding, volleying and smashing spirit...

‘…Can We Have A Quiet Word?’ – These Budget Cuts Are Prompting Some Very Difficult Conversations Though he's used to having tough conversations, the financial pressures facing schools are starting to make The Primary Head wonder how many more emotional exchanges he can face...

Look And Learn – Use Picture Books To Sharpen Your Pupils’ Textual Analysis Skills Shareen Mayers explains how picture books can be used to teach children how to find and report information through skimming and scanning...

Mind Your Language – 7 Points To Remember When Supporting Early Learners With EAL There is much that early years settings must consider when supporting children and families with EAL, says Kathy Brodie...

KS2 book topic – Delve deep into identity and differences with The World Of Weslandia It’s human nature to conform to group mentality, but Weslandia questions whether sacrificing your own interests and opinions is too high a price to pay for fitting in

Who Will You Nominate In The Technology and Innovation Awards 2016? Let us know which teacher and school has inspired you most over the past year, and they could win some fantastic prizes courtesy of LEGO® Education...

How To Deal With Stress In Leadership Former headteacher James Hilton ignored the warning signs of work-related stress until it was too late. Now he helps education professionals recognise and overcome the symptoms...

Reading The Results – Use Euro 2016 To Get Your Young Readers Onside Euro 2016 might cause some of your pupils to become restless with football fever – but as Jim Sells of The National Literacy Trust explains, that enthusiasm can also be used to get them reading...

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