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EEF podcast – Teaching Reading: Developing fluency

16 March 2022

The EEF has released a brand new episode of ​‘Evidence into Action’, a podcast which explores important areas of educational research, and how it is being put into practice in schools. In…

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To what extent does grammar teaching help children learn to write?

12 March 2022

The teaching of grammar in primary schools in England (a key feature of England’s national curriculum) does not appear to help children’s narrative writing, although it may help them generate…

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National Fieldwork Week

9 March 2022

The Geographical Association is encouraging schools to take part in National Fieldwork Week, to be held in the summer term in the week 6 to 10 June 2022. Fieldwork is an essential part of…

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Top tips for teaching ordinality

2 March 2022

Ordinality, put simply, is where numbers come in the number system and their relationship to each other. But there’s more to it than that… What is ordinality? A helpful definition…

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Help with how to talk to pupils about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

28 February 2022

The DfE have released a blog containing advice and resources for teachers and schools of how to talk to children about distressing complex, emotive news stories. The Educate Against Hate website is…

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Sky Arts week

27 February 2022

Sky Arts are launching Access All Arts, a nationwide arts week for primary schools from 6th - 10th June. You don’t need any prior experience of teaching art or any…

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Extending the Learning: Using Fingers to Support Number Development

20 February 2022

James Gray explores how using fingers when supporting number development could provide significant benefits to learning. Teaching for mastery is now a well-embedded notion in Primary teaching, focusing on a secure development…

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Oracy in Action: Developing Purposeful Talk in EYFS and Key Stage 1

18 February 2022

Effective practice in school can compensate for children who have missed out on early language opportunities at home Research makes a link between the amount and quality of conversation at home and…

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DfE: new guidance on political impartiality in schools

17 February 2022

Why is it so important teachers are politically impartial? Everyone has their own views on particular subjects and issues and teachers are no different, but it is important that teachers…

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Updated: The EEF’s ‘Improving Literacy in Key Stage 2’ guidance report

12 February 2022

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published an updated version of their guidance report: Improving Literacy in Key Stage 2. The latest edition includes brand new models to support teachers…

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High challenge, low threat

8 February 2022

We are a challenge seeking species. We all know someone, and it might even be us who spends some of their downtime working on a crossword, doing a sudoku, a…

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Primary music ideas – four guiding principles for classroom activities

3 February 2022

Although often a subject that gets left behind in primary school, music can bring a whole new level of enjoyment and engagement to your classroom, says Vaughan Fleischfresser... A quick…

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