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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[...]

3 Ways To Find The Learning ‘Sweet Spot’ Coach children into knowing when an activity has become too easy so they can adapt and adjust to boost learning

KS3/4 MFL Lesson Plan – Get Students To Debate With Confidence About The Subjects That Matter To Them This KS4 MFL lesson asks students to consider and debate the Syrian conflict in order to learn to speak in a different language with passion and feeling. They'll build word banks in preparation to make[...]

KS3/4 Geography Lesson Plan – Use An Ice Cube To Show How Glaciers Move This lesson was originally used with a (very) mixed ability Year 11 class studying the ‘Ice on the Land’ topic as part of the AQA, a GCSE Specification for geography. It explores the three methods[...]

KS3 MFL Lesson Plan – Master The Use Of Dictionaries And Recognise The Pitfalls Of Online Translators Many language learners rely on online translators because they have never been taught the importance of good dictionary skills, nor how to develop them.The ability to use a dictionary well can create some exceptional and[...]

KS3 Music Lesson Plan – Experiment With Improvisation Before Starting A Composition Assignment Improvisation in the music classroom is often an afterthought, if it is used at all. However, putting sounds together is at the heart of composition, and one of the best ways of learning how to[...]

KS3 History Lesson Plan – Boost Literacy Via This Victorian Street Life Lesson This lesson looks at the novel Street Child and other primary and secondary sources to show what street life would have been like in Victorian London, specifically focusing on different street jobs.After collecting relevant evidence,[...]

KS3 MFL Lesson Plan – Use A Pop Song To Teach The Perfect Tense This lesson about verbs and perfect tense uses key questioning, effective group work, the element of challenge and carefully planned activities.The cultural element of a pop song adds relevance and proves that the teaching of[...]

KS3 RE Lesson Plan – Explore The Foundations Of Modern Day Religion, Spiritualism This lesson aims to breathe new life into religious education by harnessing the power of mystery and developing independence and metacognition in learners. Moving away from the traditional six world faiths, the session explores the[...]

KS3 PE Lesson Plan – Introduce Girls To Contact Rugby And Build Communication, Confidence And Awareness England’s women’s rugby team epitomises all that the This Girl Can campaign stands for and demonstrates that rugby is a game which can boost girls’ confidence, self-esteem, communication skills, teamwork and leadership, as well as[...]

KS3 Computing Lesson Plan – Use Spreadsheets To Teach Computational Thinking Spreadsheets are a great way into computational thinking and a good vehicle for teaching abstract concepts like conditional statements. They can also put a completely new spin on other subjects too, such as English and[...]

KS3 Science Lesson Plan – Work In Teams To Broadcast A Message Into The Great Unknown Are we alone in the Universe? This age old question has gained momentum recently with scientific heavyweights such as Stephen Hawking entering the debate. A newer question has recently been posed, however: should we announce[...]

KS3/4 PE Lesson Plan – Box With Nicola Adams To Raise Funds For Sport Relief Use boxing-related fitness to raise funds for Sport Relief. In this lesson, boxing training becomes the focus for KS3 PE activities, encouraging students to be physically active for sustained periods of time and improve their[...]

KS3/4 MFL Lesson Plan – Use Jaffa Cakes To Teach Past Perfect Tense It is a controversial topic: is the Jaffa Cake a biscuit or is it a cake? By exploiting children’s love for these orangey biscuits (or cakes) you can easily teach a very complex topic like[...]

KS3/4 Science Lesson Plan – Use Games To Make The Topic Of Gravitational Waves Accessible To All The detection of gravitational waves proves Einstein’s theories surrounding their existence and is a potentially Nobel prizewinning discovery. The aim of this physics lesson is to make gravitational waves and LIGO accessible to students from[...]

KS3/4 MFL lesson plan – Practise extended writing with this group activity Students need to know how to write in the target language, creatively, and by themselves. A good way to build up their confidence is to start to create longer pieces of written work as a[...]

KS3/4 RE Lesson Plan – Use A Film To Discuss The Abuse Of Vulnerable People And The Importance Of Charity TrueTube’s film For the Sake of the Child uses first hand testimony to describe the experiences of child migrants and opens up internal contexts from movies such as Rabbit Proof Fence (aborigines and forced sterilisation),[...]

KS3 English Lesson Plan – Enrich Your Shakespeare Lessons With Active Teaching Strategies From The RSC The Royal Shakespeare Company provides a range of active teaching strategies which can be applied not only to Shakespeare, but any text that may provide challenging for our students.This lesson offers an active and engaging[...]

KS3/4 MFL lesson plan – Use these activities to create more confident speakers Create more confident MFL speakers by using these activities within your next lesson plan, or as part of a classroom carousel session.

KS3 MFL Lesson Plan – Use Dr Who To Try Task-Based Language Learning Task-based learning focuses on solving a problem and is a highly communicative approach that gives importance to fluency first; then accuracy; then fluency again. This helps students to really play with the language and not[...]

KS3 English Lesson Plan – Get Your Class On Their Feet To Truly Experience Shakespeare Teach Shakespeare by getting your class out of their seats. Students will understand the language better when they live and feel it, as opposed to 'just' reading it.From turning your class into a rowdy crowd[...]

KS3/4 MFL Lesson Plan – Use Photos To Get Students Talking In Foreign Languages Now more than ever, the ability to construct a response to unknown speaking and writing stimuli, presented in a foreign language and completed in controlled conditions, is key to success in new frameworks for assessment.[...]

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