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What is the difference between short-term, working and long-term memory?

25 November 2022

Our memory is the centre of all learning. It stores and processes any knowledge we need to learn or use in the future. However, it’s made up of several sections,…

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Build the next generation of budding entrepreneurs 

21 November 2022

Encouraging children to embrace their entrepreneurial skills, and making them happier about money, will help them succeed later in life. Make £5 Grow does just that. It's a fun, engaging…

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Request a Climate Ambassador for your school

16 November 2022

Climate Ambassadors is a new initiative led by the University of Reading, UKRI and STEM Learning to mobilise experts within the climate sector and support them with engaging with young…

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4 tips for presenting new material and reducing cognitive load

7 November 2022

How you choose to present new information can either inhibit or maximise your pupils’ learning, due to how they process the content in their working memory. This is where cognitive…

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EEF blog: Moving from ‘differentiation’ to ‘adaptive teaching’

5 November 2022

Over the past few years, ​‘differentiation’ has become an increasingly unpopular term in teaching. Most likely, it was an unintended consequence of an accountability system that incentivised teachers to ​‘prove’ they were…

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£24 million to boost children’s literacy

18 October 2022

Primary school pupils to benefit from phonics and literacy teaching thanks to new government funding. More primary school pupils will benefit from high quality phonics and expert literacy teaching as part of new…

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National Theatre Collection for Primary Schools

9 October 2022

The National Theatre’s Collection for Primary Schools is offering high-quality filmed performances of eight productions free for UK state schools. The productions are suitable for children aged three and older,…

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Free retrieval practice guides

7 October 2022

Free retrieval practice guides to download, including: How to use retrieval practice to improve learningHow to use spaced retrieval practice to boost learningHow to implement retrieval based learning in early…

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Why perseverance is key when helping your child learn to read

30 September 2022

The Chief Inspector of Ofsted is Amanda Spielman. Read the blog she has written for ParentKind about supporting your child with learning to read. As a parent, helping your child…

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Five Ways to Secure Progress Through Modelling

22 September 2022

A central feature of an instructional teaching process is for a teacher to show their students how to do something so that they can then do it themselves. This applies…

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The challenge of teaching sustainability issues

21 September 2022

Sustainability and environmental issues are never far from the news these days. Bush fires, drought, extreme heat, flooding – these are all now acknowledged by scientists to be evidence of…

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Podcast: Reading and literacy across the primary school

29 June 2022

This podcast episode from Headteacher Update looks at how primary schools can teach reading well and considers the components of effective whole-school reading (and literacy) strategies, looking at how to…

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