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Accountability – What if we Can’t Actually Measure Pupil Progress? Schools are now held accountable for how much progress their students make – but what if that’s something we can’t actually measure, asks Professor Becky Allen...

‘‘I played hooky for years’’ – Sandi Toksvig on What She Learnt at School Multi-talented writer and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig on why she was more likely to be found at home reading the Times than in a classroom...

How Author Jon Mayhew Used Comics to Build up his Reading Stamina as a Child “Wimpy Kid is fine as long as you’re trying a bit of Michael Morpurgo too”

Secondary school icebreaker activities – 13 easy back to school ideas This PowerPoint from Kat Howard features a range of back to school activities that will put students at ease and help you to get to know them better. The ideas included are: Alliteration gameNoun gameAlphabet[...]

How Teachers Can Find Balance on the Summer Holiday Emotional See-Saw The mix of anxiety and excitement has me feeling that I want to be at work, while also wishing the holidays would last forever, says Vicki Vincent...

Look After Your Students’ and Your Own Physical and Mental Health and Wellbeing this New School Year Make your lessons more active, indoors and out, and see the benefits in yourself and the children, says Bryn Llewellyn...

Find a Book Children Will Love and It Will Stay With them Forever Holly Webb loves classic children’s books so much, she’s written sequels to two of her favourites...

Not Every Student Looks Forward to the Summer Holidays When welcoming your new class back to school in September, remember that not every child will have had fun trips and adventures. Some, sadly, will have had a very unwelcome break...

GCSE Results Day 2018 Reactions – What Students, Teachers and Education Experts are Saying From the nervous wait to the big reveal, follow the responses to this year's secondary exam results...

With a Name Like his, Ed Balls’ Schooldays Taught him a Lesson in Resilience The former Education Secretary and unlikely Strictly… star Ed Balls talks about his education...

Use constructive criticism in feedback and assessment to develop resilience in pupils Help your students to make the most of mistakes, says Jackie Beere...

Why Former Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson Prefers Acting Out Stories for Children than Just Reading Them “The best performers aren’t always the strongest readers”

The 2019 Tech For Teachers Awards Seek Excellence In EdTech The search is on once again for the very best in classroom technology...

Why your Early Years Staff Need to Know about Children’s Nutrition and Healthy Eating If your team is lacking the skills they need to help children eat well, it’s time to invest in some CPD, says Lindsay Gilbert…

Technological Advances are Making Many Things we Teach Redundant We must anticipate the future and the profound technological changes that are changing the world, says Matthew Murray...

What Educational Policy Reform is Coming Next? Westminster has been pretty quiet on education recently, but that surely can’t last for long, says Mark Dixon – so what might we be hearing next?

How Not to Run a Community Outreach Programme in your School Tom Starkey takes the minutes from your school's Community Outreach Programme meeting...

Teaching Assistants Deserve Way More Respect in Schools The kids love them, and the teachers couldn’t cope without them – so why the heck aren’t TAs recognised as the valuable professionals they are, asks Tom Starkey...

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7 of the Best Back to School Articles for Behaviour Management Set your classroom standards early and have children stick to them for the whole year with these expert advice articles and videos...

What do Students Think About Independent Learning? ‘Independent learning’ has its fans and critics amongst pedagogues – but what do the pupils think about it? Will Brassington offers a view from Year 10...

KS3 Biology Lesson Plan – Take Students Outside to See their Science Learning Come Alive I always love to get my KS3 science students outside in the summer – whether it is pond dipping, counting different species using quadrats, writing country diaries, investigating the effect of pollution, making pitfall traps[...]

Outdated Recruitment Practice has no Place in Education Current ways of addressing the recruitment crisis are short-term at best. We need to go in a new direction, says Kevin Green...

Simultaneous Equations Worksheet using Graphical Solutions for KS3 Maths This worksheet features 12 simultaneous equation questions for students to solve graphically. Answers are included. Tumshy is a retired teacher having spent 34 years teaching maths in Scotland. You can find his resources on his[...]

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Simultaneous equations puzzle – KS3/4 picture-based puzzles This lesson features simultaneous equations puzzles that involve students solving picture-based questions without using formal algebra. Simultaneous equations feature more than one unknown, and more than one equation. The idea is that the following lesson,[...]

Solve Simultaneous Equations Graphically with the Cover-Up Method – PowerPoint for KS3 Maths This PowerPoint shows the graphical methods for solving simultaneous equations using the cover-up method. Ben Cooper is a maths teacher in Birmingham. You can find more of his resources on his TES Page bcooper87, and[...]

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