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How UNBOXED inspired secondary pupils UK-wide by combining the arts and STEM In March this year, just as the UK was emerging from lockdown, the UNBOXED Learning Programme embarked on a mission – to engage millions of young people in combining STEM and the arts to imagine more positive futures for us all. The Learning Programme, available to all secondary schools and colleges across England, Northern Ireland, […]

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Reduce your IT’s environmental impact with the help of Acer UK Since the Industrial Revolution, human polluting activity has caused 1.0°C of global warming and an increase to 1.5°C is expected between 2030 and 2052 if emissions continue to increase at the current rate. Despite the UK government’s Net Zero commitments and the Department for Education’s vision to be “the world-leading education sector in sustainability and […]

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Outdoor education – Why it’s good for young people to be scared Schools obviously shouldn’t put students in danger – but exposing them to the kinds of controlled risks encountered during outdoor adventure activities can do much to build their resilience, says John Allan

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KS3/4 Maths – Why practical work is more useful than you think If the engagement levels of your maths lessons are lower than you’d like, technology-based practical work can do much to ignite pupils’ imaginations, suggest Keith Parramore and Joan Stephens…

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Classroom displays – The good, the bad and the distracting By making your classroom displays work harder, your retrieval practice can be made considerably easier, says Adam Riches...

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Form time – Why its focus on pastoral support should be restored The move to make form time less about pastoral support and more about administrative essentials has meant some students are now missing an important part of the day, says Phil Naylor

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Classroom behaviour – Why banning ‘fidget toys’ can do more harm than good Debby Elley explains why classroom bans on fidget items can sometimes prevent students from making important progress

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Residential visits – What to plan and prepare before departure Daniel Harvey runs through the list of essential tasks and checks ahead of your school's next residential visit

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

Santa’s STEM workshop – fun, free secondary resources for Christmas The IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) is bringing the magic of Christmas to your classroom using the wonder and excitement of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths). “From electric dough experiments to snow-globe making, we have an exciting array of ideas to suit four-to-13-year-olds.” Santa’s STEM workshop is packed full of free Christmas-themed teaching […]

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Classroom discussion – Why is it so difficult to do in science lessons? From teacher-dominated talk to rapid-fire questioning, Paul Spenceley highlights the issues commonly encountered during class discussions in science lessons

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5 reasons to try… askOLA 1. On-demand support Our Online Learning Assistants (OLAs) are available to support from 9am to 9pm, seven days a week. Students can ask unlimited questions on-demand, at a time that suits them best – whether it’s in class, at lunchtime, during homework club, or in the evening when they can’t quite remember the day’s algebra […]

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Outdoor learning – What schools can do with the facilities they already have Rebecca Leek explores what schools can do to lend an outdoor dimension to students’ learning without the need for any costly procurement or site redevelopment

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School heating – What lessons in cold classrooms mean for students’ behaviour Beyond the obvious budgetary concerns, the sharp rise in heating costs this winter will directly impact upon the behaviours and academic outcomes we see in our classrooms, says Nikki Cunningham-Smith...

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Music and mindfulness – How singing and playing can improve students’ wellbeing Helen Tierney offers some advice for making sure your school’s wellbeing strategies hit all the right notes

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Teacher qualifications – Why do you need a maths GCSE to teach humanities? So, you want to be a humanities teacher? Well, first you’ve got to be able to interpret fractions and percentages as operators, notes an exasperated John Lawson...

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Ofsted inspections – What the documents leak reveals about the regulator’s priorities Adrian Lyons considers what the emergence of hitherto non-public Ofsted training materials says about the regulator’s memories of its own recent history...

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Education policy – The two main parties’ different visions for England’s schools Setting aside the rapid turnover of Ministers, what do the competing Conservative and Labour visions for education in England look like?

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Classroom silence – Why keeping students quiet isn’t always the answer A quiet classroom can often accompany periods of intense focus and learning – but it can also provide your students with a veil to hide behind...

British Army

Explore the diversity of Remembrance Day with free resources from the British Army Ahead of the Remembrance Day 2022 celebrations on 11 November, the British Army has developed new, free resources that introduce students to the ways different groups commemorate Remembrance The resources, suitable for students aged 11–16 across all four nations, highlight diverse voices and experiences and have been designed to encourage students to further explore the […]

Axle Education

Transform your curriculum, assessment and reporting using DPR ‘The curriculum is of high quality when it helps produce teaching that drives student learning. But the simplicity of this definition belies its complexity, and it requires some unpacking. To do so, it is useful to consider three questions: 1. Does the curriculum support effective, research-based pedagogy? 2. Is the curriculum content-rich? 3. Is the […]

Whole class feedback – Use it to track past errors and chart a path to better outcomes It’s not always easy to identify the causes of students' writing difficulties, but that's where whole class feedback can help, says Tom Needham...

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Teacher-student relationships – Is it wrong to want to be liked? Seeking approval from students is only a problem if we go about it in the wrong way, maintains Colin Foster…

Teaching the truth – Why facts and honesty aren’t always appreciated in the classroom One might think that maintaining fidelity to the truth and facts is an inalienable part of teaching that trumps all else – but alas, things aren’t always so straightforward...

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Student engagement – Make ‘working hard’ your classroom’s default setting Matt MacGuire runs through the ways in which teachers can cut through students’ propensity for restlessness and normalise the idea that lessons should involve hard work...

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GCSE history – Help your students think beyond ‘good’ and ‘evil’ Elena Stevens takes issue with the tendency among students to lionise or demonise historical figures, and how this can lead to an oversimplified view of the past…

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