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How To Train Your Readers? Fire Their Imaginations Author Cressida Cowell knows a thing or two about getting young people to pick up a book...

Catchment 22: The Children Most In Need Of Education Are Those Least Appealing To Schools The postcode lottery is enabling schools with a watchful eye on their SATs results to leave some children behind, says Kevin Harcombe...

Don’t Wait Till Parents’ Evening To Speak To Mums And Dads If you’re dreading an angry inquisition, why not avoid the parent trap and start the conversation now?

Martin Luther King – Reading comprehension exercise for KS2 This reading comprehension exercise contains includes some interesting facts about the civil rights activist Martin Luther King, together with some accompanying questions for students to answer. For more resources like this, visit www.primaryleap.co.uk

Your Body – Science worksheet for KS1/2 How well do your students know the parts of the human body? This worksheet was created for young learners to help them label the parts of the human body. It will also help with their spelling skills. For more resources like this, visit www.primaryleap.co.uk

We’re Facing The Biggest Ever Teacher Recruitment Crisis – So Let’s Reduce The Stress If you can’t get your work done in 45 hours a week then there's something wrong with the system, not you, says Debra Kidd...

“Education is a journey, not a race” – The Steiner approach to schooling Is the Steiner approach of prioritising imagination over knowledge and technology the key to producing well-rounded adults?

“Maths is all puzzles and games” – 5 videos to inspire creative hooks for your lessons For any students who think maths is dry and dull, use these YouTube guides and problems to show the magic of numbers

5 Reasons Why Film Should Be Taken Seriously Paul Reeve, CEO of Into Film, explains why film has an important role to play in school classrooms, not just after-school clubs...

Sir Michael Wilshaw Filmed In Pub Confrontation With Striking Sixth Form Teachers Ofsted chief caught on camera revealing why he 'got into a lot of trouble' with the DfE to union representative

Reality Check – Reading For Information Is As Important As Reading For Pleasure Students need to know how to read for purpose as well as pleasure, says Catharine Driver – and it's the job of every teacher to help make it happen...

“We’re Meant To Be A Revolving Door” – The Free School Striving To Give Children The Help They Need Despite external obstacles, the progress made at Aspire Academy in its first year should inspire PRUs across the country, finds Lloyd Burgess...

BFG KS2 lesson plans

BFG KS1/2 lesson plans – Phizz-whizzing ideas Read Roald Dahl’s The BFG with your class with the help of these Officially Phizz-Whizzing Lesson Plans. Whether you’ve read it before or are discovering the Big Friendly Giant’s story for the first time, these resource follow the plot, so it’s easy to read along. Working towards literacy and PSHE objectives, pupils will explore the […]

How Parent Support Groups Can Help Children Running a group to support parents might be beyond a school’s immediate remit – but it’s the children you’ll ultimately be helping, discovers Katie Masters...

Mick Waters: “It’s Time For Leaders To Lead” True headship is about contributing to the greater good, not the efficient running of a single school – but the DfE doesn’t make it easy, says Mick Waters...

Positional Word Cards for KS1 / KS2 A 6-page PDF containing 30 cards with colour illustrations that explain the meaning of various positional words, such as ‘beside’, ‘between’, ‘under’ and ‘behind’.

British Red Cross First Aid Activities Contents: 1x Red Cross starter activities document 1x Educator introduction PDF 1x Curriculum links PDF 1x Red Cross Knowledge-building activities document 1x Red Cross Confidence-building activities document 1x Allergic reactions learner skill guide PDF 1x Allergic reactions role-play card PDF 1x Red Cross concluding activities document Objective: Help children to learn first aid skills, and […]

Printable warning and sanction tickets to manage classroom behaviour Contents 1x PDF of printable warning tickets 1x PDF of printable sanction tickets

Practical Ways to Build Mutual Trust Contents 1x PDF of trust-building exercises Objective: Build physical and emotional trust practically, actively and without words, with Paul Dix

Let’s Put Technology In Its Place In Early Years Learning; Apps Are Not Silver Bullets Yes, kids can work wonders on iPads and smartphones, but let's not forget that technology should serve learning

Academies For All? Why The Hell Aren’t Parents And Teachers Manning The Barricades?! In converting all schools to academies it’s children, teachers and parents that will lose out, says Kevin Harcombe...

A Survivor’s Guide To Ofsted Inspections Put away the strained and nervous smile, calm those shakes and jitters and wipe that sweaty brow – here’s how to turn an Ofsted visit into an opportunity to grow as a teacher, says Sarah Findlater… “Ofsted is coming.” That simple phrase fills the most confident and experienced of teachers with fear and dread, or […]

‘Hands Off My Pay Rise!’ – How Performance-Related Pay Turns Us All Into Competitors The Primary Head considers whether performance-related pay is transforming once noble teachers into scheming rivals… Just how much competition is there in schools? More importantly, how much competition should there be? ‘Well, we shouldn’t expect children to feel as though they’re competing in the Hunger Games, but how are we preparing them for the cruel […]

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? […]

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