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It’s Taken A While, But Self-Confessed Technophobe Julie Murray Reckons She’s Finally Got The Point Of EdTech It’s About The Access, Stupid!

5 Surprising Things Children Learn On School Trips Some parents not keen on PTA funds being used to support educational visits and residentials? Perhaps Elaine Skates can persuade everyone to get on board…

Sensory Food Play Ideas To Encourage SEN Children To Explore Fruit And Vegetables Help children discover, learn and accept new things through sensory play

The NAHT’s New General Secretary, Paul Whiteman, Begs To Disagree With The Government’s Talk On Funding “Schools are already cutting back on the number of subjects they offer at GCSE and A Level”

KS3 Citizenship Lesson Plan – Explore The Rights Of Children Living In Urban Slums One in seven of the world’s population survive in urban slums. In this lesson, your students will explore children’s rights, how they are based on essential needs, and whether these rights are being met in urban slums. Read more about effectively teaching citizenship.

4 of the best probability games and exercises for KS3 maths May the odds be ever in your students' favour with these excellent ideas for teaching probability

7 of the best Shakespeare resources for KS3 English Bring the Bard to life in dramatic fashion with these amazing activities...

Use performance poetry to give students who struggle with literacy a way to speak out Starting secondary school can be especially tough for students who struggle with literacy, says Imran Hafeez, so here's how to give them a voice...

How The Brain Really Works In Learning – Why Neuromyths Are Holding Education Back Growth mindset? Bloom's Taxonomy? It's not education gospel, says Scott Davies

Why I Haven’t Quit Teaching (And You Shouldn’t Either) What's keeping expert educators in the profession? Here's what...

Shielding Students From Negative But Normal Feelings Like Stress Could Do More Harm Than Good Objecting to a policy or practice – including exams – on grounds of 'stress' is really a cop out, says Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert

We Went To The Whole School Send Strategy Summit – Here Are 9 Things We Learned The SEN system has its issues, but collaboration will see us through – and other observations from this year's Whole School SEND Summit...

KS3 English Creative Writing Resource Pack For The Red Ribbon By Lucy Adlington This resource pack is based on The Red Ribbon, a beautiful book from writer, actor and costume historian Lucy Adlington. It is a modern classic of love and friendship, set in the sewing room within the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp – and it will weave a path through history for the young imaginations in your classroom. […]

If SEN Isn’t Causing A Child’s Poor Attainment, It’s Our Job To Find Out What Is Countless things can affect a child's attainment and it's our responsibility to play detective, says Nancy Gedge

KS3 MFL Lesson Plan – Help Students To Speak Spontaneously In Exams Complex sentences and impressive vocabulary will always impress examiners, but if a student’s mind goes blank under pressure, the ability to respond naturally to the flows of conversation can work wonders. Here are a few activities MFL you can use to encourage students towards spontaneity.

KS3 MFL Lesson Plan – Improve Students’ French By Presenting A Weather Forecast Use this MFL lesson to plan a weather forecast as a way of getting learners to speak in front of an audience with confidence and flair. Start by showing a video of a weather forecast in French, then see what key phrases students can pick out. Get them to work on scripts and create a […]

KS3 MFL Lesson Plan – Help Students Develop Their Listening Skills While Teaching Them Body Terminology If you’re a language teacher, it’s crucial to develop students’ listening skills – language acquisition depends on it. Below is a lesson plan that teachers can use to ensure learners stay engaged as they acquire and memorise key grammatical structures, as well as new terminology for the body.

KS3 Maths Lesson Plan – Work Out The Topic Area By Finding The Three Angles Of A Triangle Learners are often asked to practise finding the third angle of a triangle when the other two are given. In this lesson they get the opportunity to work on the topic area by finding all three angles according to different constraints. For more Colin Foster geometry and measures lesson plans click here.

Last Meeting’s (Unedited) Minutes – Our New Behaviour Policy It's been decided that the policy is well overdue a renewal, especially given the recent behaviour of Y9, who are starting to exhibit character traits seemingly inspired by post-apocalyptic literature and film

Pugilistic Pedagogy – What Taking Up Boxing Has Taught Me About Teaching When Director of Learning Lee Simpson took up boxing, the idea was to turn off from teaching for a while – but he quickly found himself doing the opposite

Maximise Revision For Every Student With ACUK For many students, the lead up to examination periods can be an incredibly stressful time, whether they are preparing for SATs, GCSEs or A-levels. The weight of exam results seems to increase every year and students may feel under enormous pressure not to let themselves, their parents or their teacher down. At ACUK we make […]

Cancelling School Trips Because Of Terrorist Attacks Means Fear Wins How we respond to harrowing events greatly influences children – we must teach them to make the most of their lives

6 Of The Best Physics Resources To Unearth The Next Brian Cox In Your KS3 Science Class In the words of Olivia Newton-John, let's get physical...

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Start the New School Year as you Mean to go on by Getting Behaviour Right How to improve behaviour from day one by being the boss, building a community and being believable...

KS3 English Lesson Plan – Turn Learners Into Journalists To Develop Crucial Exam Preparation Skills This lesson gives students a real-life scenario to work with and reinforces grammatical knowledge of sentence structure and language use. Plus, it can be extended into different modes of delivery. Key curriculum links include reading a range of non-fiction; knowing the purpose, audience for, and context of the writing and drawing on this knowledge to […]

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