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Film club: the movies
Three movies about movies – celebrating the first National Youth Film Festival The universal appeal of film makes it a powerful tool to…
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Why Wikipedia is an amazing resource for teachers
It's the world's largest encyclopedia, and a permanent fixture in the global top ten websites list – but is it really suitable as an…
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The School Food Plan
They've spent more than twelve months researching and putting it together – now it's your turn to get involved with the School Food…
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Improving PE and sport in secondary schools
It's certainly concise, but will the revised PE curriculum free teachers to plan for what their students really need, or leave them…
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How to organise a brilliant field trip
Fantastic Fieldwork It’s possible to study biology without ever leaving the classroom – but you’d be depriving yourself and your…
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The reality of school leadership – is it for you?
What is it that causes so many educators these days to avoid the top few rungs of the career ladder? Richard Parker, himself a former…
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James Dyson discusses great design and technology teaching
The sooner we get high tech machinery into our children’s hands, the earlier we’ll plug the engineering deficit, says James Dyson...…
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Opinion: Vic Goddard’s new (school) year’s resolutions
...and as a new one begins, Vic Goddard has been thinking about making a few resolutions There is one particular thing that I said on…
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What I learnt at school: Robin Ince
Comedian and science enthusiast Robin Ince's boarding school years taught him that he's a skilled bluffer – and he's been bluffing…
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The case for compulsory RE at secondary school
In May, police feared a riot when the English Defence League (EDL) went online to arrange a protest outside a Mosque in York. But things…
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Opinion: Phil Beadle on why national ranking of 11-year-olds won’t help achievement
Will national ranking of 11-year-olds really help them become ‘more successful’ going forwards? Not according to those with…
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Classroom Life: Chiswick School
There’s nothing like standing in front of a broken engine and knowing you have to fix it for putting education into context,”…
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Knowledge vs skills; a third way for the curriculum
If we want a great education for our children that is genuinely suitable for the age in which they are living, then we might have to…