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Why behaviour management works best through rewards
The Psychologist Rudolf Dreikurs, after many observations, identified four motivators for disruptive behaviour in the classroom: To get…
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What I learnt at school: Michael Rosen
My memories of my school days are mostly positive. With all this talk about curriculums and tests, it’s easy to forget that our experience…
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Vic Goddard: Transitional collaboration
We’ve talked about collaboration in education for years. For a long time, though, hasn’t the atmosphere, at best, actually been one of…
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Tom Starkey: the problem with rituals
A friend of mine used to have a single, special pen to do his marking. They spent wonderful times together: romantic walks through the park…
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Sex education – what teens need to know
Embarrassing or enlightening? What is your experience of teaching SRE? Being asked to provide cover for a sex and relationships education…
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Q&A: fundraising
QI teach at a medium-sized academy school in the South East – it serves a catchment of relatively low deprivation, and we are lucky in…
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Is the school magazine dead?
In the past, school magazines were often generated by media or English departments, creating thriving extra-curricular opportunities for…
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How to deliver the new design and technology curriculum
The Design and Technology Association, of which I am Assistant Chief Executive, is very positive about the new programmes of study (PoS).…
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Getting physical education right
The Youth Sport Trust is an independent charity devoted to changing young people’s lives through sport. It is passionate about improving…
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Fiona Millar: Unnatural Selection
Last month’s local and European election results appear to have sent a shock wave through our political system. But might there be a…
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Finance advice – leasing
Over the past few years we have all read the well publicised reports on leasing scams; schools falling victim to leasing agreements have…
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David Didau: lessons I’ve learnt from lessons I’ve taught… literacy
As well-educated, literate professionals we have an instinctive grasp for how to read, write, speak and listen. Reading is an incredibly…
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Classroom Life: All Saints, Dagenham
It’s taken you twenty minutes to navigate your way around the unfamiliar, concrete jungle that is the parking lot. Stepping into the busy…