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Are Lunchtime Supervisors the Key to Changing the Healthy Eating Culture in Schools? Lunchtime supervisors and catering staff are the children’s authority on what’s healthy, how much they should eat and what is socially acceptable at lunchtime, says Jo Stimpson...

Real-World Simultaneous Equation Example Worksheet for KS3/4 Maths – Save Our Satellite Trying to find a maths in real life example of where we might solve simultaneous equations graphically I came up with this. Students have to plot to linear graphs and find the point of impact. You could bring in Pythagoras and find out if the two bodies were travelling at the same speed would they […]

Simultaneous Equations Graded Worksheet with Answers for KS3/4 Maths This resource has three sections with differing levels of difficulty on solving simultaneous equations by elimination. It’s nothing fancy, just a load of questions (and answers). Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, more of which you can find on his TES shop. You can also follow him on Twitter […]

Tracking Pupil Progress Doesn’t Always Mean Using Data Now we’ve stopped allocating dubious numbers to children, we can reflect on our understanding of progress...

How Can Your School Help Students who Self Harm? Self-harm is often a sign of even deeper pain, says Sal McKeown – so what can schools do to help?

10 of the best NQT survival guide resources Starting teaching in September? Here's a selection of helpful advice, tips, lesson plans and more...

September 2018 calendar page

New School Year – Are you Planning for Survival, or Success? Brace yourselves...September is coming

5 awesome NQT blogs to help you through your first year of teaching Starting your career in education this September? Here’s some help on what to do (and what not to do) from people who have been there and came out the other side...

8 Essential Habits for your Second Year of Teaching Get it right and you may be bestowed with that greatest of honours – a pupil naming their pet after you...

How to Boost Social Mobility for Students from Disadvantaged Areas Social capital is the key to social mobility for all pupils, says Future First CEO Matt Lent...

Are Robots Really Set to Replace Teachers? Sir Anthony Seldon Discusses AI and Agency “It’s the biggest thing to happen in education for 500 years”

Protect Students from Extremism by Taking a Positive Approach to Prevent Shielding young people from the influence and impact of extremism can be an inspiring experience, says Joe McElroy – with the right expert support...

Supply Teacher Feedback Form A great little form for either supply teachers or teachers preparing for their cover. It has simple headings that help teachers pick out the key information needed for a good handover between professionals, so that everyone knows what is meant to be happening and what has happened. The Feedback Form includes: Emma Middlemiss has over […]

Teachers, Try to Manage your Workload or you Will Burn Out There’s always something else to be done in teaching, says our anonymous correspondent – but if you try and do it all yourself, you’ll be heading for a fall

Improve your behaviour management by ‘playing’ a cool and calm character Imagining yourself ‘in role’ can help you to remain collected when behaviour becomes difficult, says John Coxhead...

What to do After a Failed Ofsted Inspection A failed inspection should represent the first step in a journey of improvement, says Ruth Sparkes – and that’s the message you need to share

The Government’s Refusal to Fund Free Sanitary Products for School Pupils is Shameful This decision demonstrates a lack of empathy and compassion, says Fiona Millar...

KS3 Maths Lesson Plan – Develop Students’ Algebra Skills with a Problem that Requires Integer Solutions In this lesson, students have to find a solution to a problem where the unknowns must be non-negative integers. This constraint means that the initial problem, which may appear to be quite open, in fact has a unique solution. Students have the opportunity to consider related Diophantine equations and determine systematically whether they have one […]

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Could You be a Happier, Healthier School? With Active Wellbeing Week just around the corner, here’s your chance to give yourself and your colleagues a much-needed mental and physical boost. A well-rounded health and wellbeing policy can achieve many things, from encouraging active lifestyles that help people to achieve their personal goals to supporting employees in striking a healthy work-life balance. Beyond […]

No One Should Have to Choose Between Teaching and Parenthood It's hard enough keeping teachers in the profession as it is right now, so don't make them pick between school and home life, says Tom Starkey

5 Ways to Make Classroom Maths Relevant to Secondary Students "When will I ever use this in life?" – Teachers are used questions like this, but these ideas from Christine Norledge will help pupils understand the relevance of mathematics before they've even asked...

Sick of EBacc? Could the International Baccalaureate Give Your Students a More-Rounded Education? Student agency at the core of IB’s new primary programme, says Dr Peter Fidczuk...

Why Secondary Students Need to Read Strong Female Characters in Literature Gender shouldn’t be a barrier to leadership opportunities, says Sally Green – and powerful female characters in literature can help get that message across...

Having ADHD Makes Me a Better Teacher Primary teacher David Keyte was in denial about his diagnosis until he began working with a pupil with the same condition

Education is About so Much More than Merely Preparing Young People for Employment “In praise of useless knowledge” – Top grades are not the benchmark of a good education, so let’s encourage learning for its own sake, insists Dr Shirley Lawes...

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