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Lesson plan: KS3 D&T – biomimetics in the design classroom
During this lesson on biomimetics and design, students will learn how to look closely at nature and extrapolate from the properties of…
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Lesson plan: KS3/4 English – better speaking though political engagement
We’ve all met those students you can hear minutes before they turn the corner of the corridor. Often, the one sure way of silencing them…
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SEN: the secrets of outstanding provision
Over recent years, we have seen dramatic changes both in terms of policy and attitudes towards children and young people with special…
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The Apps For Good competition
Did you know that the surfing in Southend in February this year was rubbish? It’s true – in fact, while Bude was managing swells of…
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What does a brilliant outside building look like?
There is a distinct shift in the wind when it comes to the explicit views of Ofsted and the benefits to schools of learning outside. Only a…
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Lesson plan: KS4 mathematics – making sense of geometrical situations
Geometrical constructions such as perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors are often given to students as procedures to follow, and…
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GQ reform: Maths
From September, GCSE maths will be a fully linear course with an increase of approximately 15 per cent in subject content, greater…
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Running a successful residential school trip
What if you could achieve breakthroughs in learner engagement, progress and attainment, and teacher-student relationships, while also…
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Security and technology – what matters most for schools?
Simon Harbridge (Stone Group): Jay, you and I recently attended the same debate on digital safeguarding, and we found a lot of common…
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Lesson plan: KS3 science – potions and precipitates for chemistry
Get back to the basics of chemistry in this engaging KS3 chemistry lesson to develop students’ skills in qualitative analysis. Use…
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Teaching the new computing curriculum
The introduction of a new curriculum means, amongst other things, that every child will now enjoy the benefits of learning about computing…
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Book Reviews
The Talkabout series is an extremely successful, hierarchical approach to teaching social skills; and Talkabout for Teenagers is ideal for…
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Six things to ask before before you buy
Schools must procure technology in a strategic way to ensure that they achieve the full benefits of the tools they deploy. By considering…