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2 February 2022
February is LGBT+ History month with 2022 the 50th anniversary of the very first Pride March in the UK in 1972. The overall aim of LGBT+ History month is to…
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Cognitive science is the study of the mental processes that we use to learn and understand information. It is a very broad field, with many higher order processes and executive…
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Mutism, where a child or young person does not speak in certain situations, such as school, is not selective. Your learner is not making an active choice. In fact, they…
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The National Literacy Trust has teamed up with award-winning author Tom Palmer to produce free resources which can be used in the classroom or at home, to help schools commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day,…
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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks - Plutarch Dr Virginia Bower discusses the value of poetry and how it can influence our lives in powerful and…
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Approximately 25,000 children are affected by sepsis in the UK each year. To raise awareness, the UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) has developed a bank of PSHE resources for schools so…
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It’s now very common practice for teachers to begin a lesson with some form of retrieval practice activity. This is a good, common sense idea – there’s good reason to…
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Ofsted have released a pre-recorded webinar led by Shazia Akram, about the importance of early reading and what inspectors look at on inspection. Click here to access the webinar on…
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What does great primary school teaching look like? How can we develop effective teachers and teaching in the primary classroom? In this podcast, experts offer practical advice as well as…
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Teachers spend a lot of their time planning and designing engaging resources for our pupils. ‘What is the purpose of these resources?’ At the heart of learning is the imparting…
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Support KS2 children in expanding their writing skills by teaching the responsible use of emotive language, says Sue Drury. ‘Emotive language’ refers to word choices that are intended to get…
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Aidan Severs has collated a whole set of questions to ask when learning about people, events and periods of time. They are based on the History National Curriculum. The questions…
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