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Teachers – Slow Down Before you Burn Out There’s never enough time in teaching – until you slow down, says Jamie Thom...

How to Create a Reading Culture in your Primary or Secondary School These resources were written to support teachers with activity ideas – they are a great way in to creating a school culture where everyone celebrates reading for pleasure. Whether you want to embed some quick-but-effective changes, or you want to hold a school-wide reading celebration, these ideas will give you a great starting point. Activities […]

Assessment should be rigorous, without being a burden on workload Finding out what our students know at any point in time should be a rigorous process – but not, insists Mark Lehain, a burdensome one...

KS2 Maths, English & Science Lesson Plan – Design an Eco-Friendly Takeaway Menu with a Low Water Footprint Much of the water we use is for drinking, cooking and washing. This is known as our ‘domestic consumption’. On average, we each use 150 litres for these purposes per day. However, this is only a small part of the total water used. A big part comes from the ‘virtual water’ that is used in […]

Marathon Kids

Help All Children get Active and Healthy with the Marathon Kids Programme More active children, higher attendance and better attainment – these things are achieved by giving children the opportunity to do more physical activity, which is why the recommendations are out there for schools to provide 30 minutes a day. Of course, with packed-out timetables, this is hard for schools to achieve, and that’s why Kids […]

No More Marking

Review – Assessing Primary Writing Time-saving standardised and nationally benchmarked writing assessment for Y1-6 from No More Marking. At a glance Summative assessments can be a pain in the neck, especially those based on the quality model, such as extended pieces of writing. Assessing creative and open-ended tasks can be complicated, time-consuming and sometimes feels pointless because there is too […]

Why you Should Head to OneSchool Southern Rocks 2019 this February Fantastic speakers, numerous sessions, great coffee and tea...oh, and celebrating great teaching with great teachers, what more could you want?

A Single Comment on my School Report Turned my Life Around Terry Freedman was on a pathway to failure at school – until one teacher's comment helped him work towards a better future...

Lack of School Funds Means this Headteacher is also Doing the Technician’s Job Our school can't afford a new technician, so I've had to step up. I’m now a jack of all trades, says Iain Linsdell...

10 Ways to Close the Word Gap in Primary Schools Successful strategies from real schools and vocabulary experts James Clements, Janine Wooldridge, Jill Carter and Rebecca Geoghegan...

On the Anniversary of September 11 What can we Teach our Children? In these days of Trump, fake news and flat Earthers, we need to take the time to allow our children to understand the context of this day, says Edd Williams...

3 Key Factors that Need to Take Place for the Ed-Tech Revolution in Schools to Succeed Ed-tech has the power to make learning fun and reach all young people, says Jamie Bell...

Why you should try a skills-based approach to teaching history It can be easy in history to fall into the trap of simply giving children fact after fact, but a skills-based approach equips children to go way beyond just ‘knowing stuff’, says Stuart Tiffany...

Empire Windrush Black History Month lesson plan and resources

Windrush KS2 – History and English resource During this Windrush KS2 lesson, children will become aware of the discrimination that black people faced as they arrived in Britain on the Empire Windrush in 1948. It also provides opportunities for pupils to: Once you’ve explored what the Empire Windrush was and the reaction passengers received when they arrived, complete the lesson by writing […]

James and the Giant Peach lesson plans KS2

James and the Giant Peach lesson plans KS2 – Comprehension and fluency Use this three-part James and the Giant Peach lesson plan in KS2 to develop reading fluency, comprehension and immerse the children in the joy of Roald Dahl’s language. One of my favourite parts of James and the Giant Peach is when they ‘raise the peach’ to escape being devoured by the circling sharks (Chapters 19-22). […]

Staring into Space: 6 Creative Book-Inspired Activities from Lauren Child for KS1/2 Waterstones Children’s Laureate Lauren Child has teamed up with talented teacher and creator of arts and crafts, Josey Scullard, to come up with six inspiring ways to get children to think creatively. Together, they gathered up books that explore delight in thought and discovery, and that are all at once philosophical, artistic and highly personal. […]

8 education podcasts to improve your teaching practice Plug in, press play and turn your commute into your very own CPD session, says Terry Freedman...

Reading Magnifying Glass Worksheets for Close Reading in KS2 English Using a ‘magnifying glass’ to analyse text is a pupil-friendly way to promote close reading skills. If you’ve not followed the structure of this type of activity before, it’s a technique that promotes deeper understand of text through re-reading. On the first reading, pupils are encouraged to articulate what the text is about and to […]

What to do when a student is a great reader, but a poor speller What’s the best plan of attack when a star student suddenly plateaus, asks Abigail Steel...

Headteacher bullying staff – It happened to me for years My manager created a toxic culture in my school, but I was determined not to be pushed out...

Engino Education

STEM Education for all Age Groups – The Engino Education Classroom Solution Children learn by playing and educational toys encourage the development of essential skills like creativity, thinking outside the box, and problem-solving. The solution offered by Engino Education are these must-have educational tools that are developed to encourage STEM learning in every age step. Like it or not, times have changed, and children are now familiar […]

Plan for Evidence by Generating Fantastic Writing Opportunities Thinking ahead will help your students produce great work that also meets those all-important ‘pupil can’ statements, says Dan Hughes...

The Best Advice for the New School Year is to Trust Your Own Teaching However well-meaning tips and tricks for the new term may be, only you know your particular style and circumstances, says Laura Baxter...

Accountability – What if we Can’t Actually Measure Pupil Progress? Schools are now held accountable for how much progress their students make – but what if that’s something we can’t actually measure, asks Professor Becky Allen...

Why I’m excited about teaching this year (and why you should be too) We asked teachers what they're eagerly anticipating this September, and here's what they said...

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