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Product review: K’NEX Real Bridge Building Set
When I first saw it I couldn’t believe it. The Guinness World Record for the World’s largest K’NEX structure is held by a life-size…
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Product review: Mathletics
Mathletics – the multi-award winning online maths resource for students aged 5-18 – is currently used by more than 5,000 schools across…
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Give teens a reason to study a language
Language uptake in secondary schools has been steadily on the decline since it became non compulsory at GCSE. Numbers at ‘A’ level are…
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Classroom Life: Hampstead School
It’s right that schools should be expected to produce the very best examination results for their students. But to do well in exams,…
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Product review: iObserve
I am one of those rare people who have synaesthesia. Whereas most people regard things as having shape, colour or texture, I experience them…
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Product review: the historical association
If your CV doesn’t already include membership of a subject association then it’s probably time to give it some serious thought. A…
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Product review: First aid learning for young people
First aid education could help thousands of people a year; yet it isn’t it on the curriculum. This might go some way towards explaining…
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Advice on going cashless
Handling cash payments has always been a massive juggling act for schools. Payments for lunches, trips and after school club activities all…
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New ideas with your classroom projector!
There’s a lot to be said for much of the incredible technology to be found in our classrooms these days. I wonder though, are we making…
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Teaching young people with high functioning autism
In the UK, approximately 700,000 people might have autism, which translates to more than one in every 100 individuals. It’s a…
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How to increase the take up of science
There’s been a lot of talk over the past decade about the need for more people holding science, technology, engineering and mathematics…
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How to raise parental engagement
Research over the last decade has repeatedly shown that the more engaged parents are in their child’s education, the more likely a child…
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Maggie Philbin on promoting STEM
As an advocate for STEM, I’ve long been pushing for more opportunities to grow passion and engagement in these subjects with pupils across…