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Lessons they learn from cricket
Last November, cricket coaches working for former England cricketer, Kevin Pietersen, ran a ten-day programme for disadvantaged children…
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Lesson plan: KS4 English – active poetry
Magic isn’t in the curriculum, but every student needs a touch of it. You can’t download or buy it, but you can let it in at the window…
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Advice for supporting students’ self-esteem
Q I am head of Y7 in a relatively small, inner city academy. We cater for young people from a wide range of backgrounds, but the demographic…
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Lesson plan: KS3 geography – remembering key concepts
Physical geography processes such as erosion and transportation can be difficult concepts for some students to comprehend. Traditionally,…
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Effective CPD for today’s schools
The most successful schools are built on the idea that teachers constantly learn, develop and improve. This requires an approach that is far…
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Fiona Millar: Profit Forecast
It has been reported that the Prime Minister liked to compare the last education secretary, Michael Gove, to Chairman Mao – because both…
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Product review: NetSupport DNA
NetSupport DNA is a supremely comprehensive approach for the easy running of a school IT infrastructure and provides a bonanza of features…
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Creating Loving Classrooms
Schools spend many hours managing students’behaviour. In some cases, doing so can starkly eclipse much of what ought to be going on during…
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Product review: D&T Self Review Framework
To be fully effective, every school department has to take a regular, long, hard look at itself and ask some tough, searching questions. In…
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How ebooks can improve literacy
A National Literacy Trust study exploring the impact of ebooks on children’s reading motivation and skills has found some surprising…
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The educational potential of 3D printing
Last week my vacuum cleaner broke. I have three small children – all boys – so this was clearly a problem that needed solving, quickly.…
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Vic Goddard: Open All Hours
As I write this I should be packing for the school ski trip, that I’m still privileged to go on, and I can’t help but laugh about this…
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Preparing SEND students for life after school
The ambition of the SEND reforms is to ensure that young people move into adulthood with choice and control over their lives, and have…