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Ensuring Effective Staff Retention and Succession Planning – Checklist for school leadership Checklist for senior leadership across all key stages to assess the effectiveness of a school’s existing staff retention and succession planning. For more information, visit blueskyeducation.co.uk

KS3 Maths Lesson Plan – Show how Line and Rotational Symmetry are Linked by Inventing and Drawing Your Own Shapes From this page you can download the ‘Shape Up’ lesson plan originally published in Teach Secondary issue 1.5 ‘Shape Up’ teaches students about line and rotational symmetry and how they are related, getting them to invent and draw their own shapes with particular symmetries… For more information and further maths resources from Colin Foster, visit […]

KS3 Maths Lesson Plan – Develop Algebra Skills to Help Students Rearrange Equations Confidently This maths lesson plan develops pupils’ algebra skills so that they can rearrange equations confidently, which is an important skill both in mathematics and other subjects like science and design and technology…. For more information and further maths resources from Colin Foster, visit foster77.co.uk/mathematicalbeginnings. Browse more KS3 maths games and lesson ideas. We also have maths question […]

KS3 Maths Lesson Plan – Use Pythagoras’ Theorem in an Investigation to Examine the Properties of Shapes From this page you can download the ‘Hopping Along’ lesson plan originally published in Teach Secondary issue 1.1 ‘A Day at the C-Side’ gets Pythagoras’ theorem stuck in learners’ minds by allowing them to discover it themselves. In this lesson, pupils draw tilted squares and find their areas, then use these values to draw conclusions […]

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Trans children – How teachers and schools can support pupils With the rapid rise in gender dysphoria referrals to the NHS among young people, it's time schools become more aware about the issues involved. Let's make a change...

Best ‘Unhelpful High School Teacher’ memes We all know one. You undoubtedly had one. Some of you probably even work with one. Just please say you're not one...

Don’t Be Fooled By The DfE’s U-Turn On Academisation The government's latest White Paper will still see children’s education sold out to corporate restructuring

Sew what? – Why textiles lessons need to be brought into the 21st Century If you think there's no place for needlework in a 21st-century curriculum, you're seriously underestimating the importance of textiles, argues Heidi Ambrose-Brown...

Ofsted Taskforce Finds Over 100 Schools Suspected To Be Operating Illegally Letter from Sir Michael Wilshaw to Nicky Morgan expresses concerns over 'harm and indoctrination' risks of unregistered schools – and points to home education laws as possible factor in their growth

British Humanist Association Launches Website For Pupils Attending Faith Schools 'Faith Schoolers Anonymous' pitched as blogging platform and source of support for pupil whistleblowers

High Court Rules Against Local Authority’s Term-time Absence Fine Court's ruling backs parent who refused to pay £120 fine for taking daughter on term-time family holiday to Disney World

Check Mate – Reduce Your Workload And Stress Levels With Checklists 'Box-ticking exercises' are typically the bane of many a teacher’s day – but as Harry Fletcher-Wood explains, a good checklist is the best friend a teacher can have...

Teach Your Students How To Speed Read Fast, efficient reading skills can give any student an advantage, says Alison Davies – and these practical activities will help develop them...

They’re Great – But Occasionally, I’d like It Not To Be ALL About The Children… "At certain points, I want nothing more than a break from the wee little tie-wearing cyclones..."

The A to Z of Shakespeare resources Delve into the Bard's stories, characters and locations, with this alphabetised selection of classroom materials from the BBC...

Is The DfE’s Approach To Tackling Childhood Obesity On The Right Track? Does the race to address childhood heath and fitness have a finish line in sight, asks Lloyd Burgess, or are we just running round in circles?...

Two Heads Are Better Than One – Why Teachers Should Talk To Their TAs Secondary teachers, take it from a TA – this could be the most important thing you read today...

Don’t Wait Till Parents’ Evening To Speak To Mums And Dads If you’re dreading an angry inquisition, why not avoid the parent trap and start the conversation now?

Their Country, Their Future – The Secondary School Asking Its Pupils To Vote #Brexit Or #Bremain Secondary pupils won't be able to vote in the upcoming EU Referendum – but one school in Hampshire is nonetheless keen to ensure its students are well-versed in the 'Brexit' and 'Stay' arguments...

We’re Facing The Biggest Ever Teacher Recruitment Crisis – So Let’s Reduce The Stress If you can’t get your work done in 45 hours a week then there's something wrong with the system, not you, says Debra Kidd...

“Education is a journey, not a race” – The Steiner approach to schooling Is the Steiner approach of prioritising imagination over knowledge and technology the key to producing well-rounded adults?

KS3 Maths Lesson Plan – Use Creative Approaches to Calculating Angles of Overlapping Polygons to Deepen Mathematical Understanding The angles created by overlapping regular polygons can be easy or difficult to calculate, depending on what information you are given. So, taking a creative approach to important mathematical processes like this can deepen students’ understanding of the principles involved and develop vital skills of reasoning and deduction. Browse more Colin Foster maths lessons.

KS3 RE Lesson Plan – Expand Students’ Knowledge of Today’s Spiritual Landscape Develop great learning habits and expand learners’ knowledge of today’s spiritual landscape, with this intriguing lesson from Craig Wright

KS3/4 History Lesson Plan – Help Students Absorb Knowledge Quickly with a Fast-Paced Pictionary-Style Activity Jeff Tooze’s pacey history lesson suggestion will get every student in the room competing to absorb the most information possible.

5 Reasons Why Film Should Be Taken Seriously Paul Reeve, CEO of Into Film, explains why film has an important role to play in school classrooms, not just after-school clubs...

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