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5 reasons to say ‘yes’ to the next school residential
Residentials are often the most memorable experience of students’ school days. Learning Away’s research has declared them as…
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Understanding students with dual/multiple exceptionalities (DME)
Children who have a special talent are very lucky; however it can also single them out, and many prefer to stay under the radar rather than…
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How to make better use of your outside spaces
Primary schools seem to have ‘got it’; they see that being outside and having daily contact with nature contributes to both the physical…
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Using Shakespeare to help the transition from Y6 to Y7
Effective transition between Key Stage 2 and 3 is essential if secondary schools are going to establish the right ethos and expectations for…
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GIS technology and geography
The internet and access to more data continues radically to alter how information about the world around us is applied and shared. We all…
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Healthy eating – it’s all about choice
Making the right choices can be the key to surviving those turbulent teenage years; but when it comes to food, the problem is there is often…
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Classroom life – Walken High School
In our school there are a number of young people who haven’t fitted into school life for a number of reasons; perhaps the system has…
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How to be a brilliant middle manager
Imagine this if you will… It’s 7.30am on the Monday morning after half term and you have just arrived at your desk to begin your day as…
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3 Great trips for your science department
If you’re a veteran of departmental field trips with your pupils you’ll know that no matter how great your lesson plans, how inspiring…
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Cheap hacks to redesign your classroom
Student performance is not only affected by their own physical or psychological factors, but the learning environment as well. The space…
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Why Finland moved to a project based curriculum
A number of headlines reporting that Finland would be removing subjects from the curriculum as the country reformed its education system…
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3 key elements of great financial literacy teaching
In 2014, financial literacy became part of the National Curriculum in England for the first time, with the intention of enabling young…
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Catch them early
Townley Grammar is a high performing grammar school for girls that specialises in the teaching of computing. As a specialist computing…