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23/07/2024

Get primary kids writing great diary entries with this selection of activities, classroom ideas and other resources… https://bit.ly/46lj1UB

Get primary kids writing great diary entries with this selection of activities, classroom ideas and other resources...

19/07/2024

Middle leadership in schools is tough but rewarding. Here’s how to succeed in this challenging role… https://bit.ly/4bKZpdx

Middle leadership in schools is tough but rewarding. Here's advice on how to succeed in this challenging role...

18/07/2024

Two legal experts explain what to do when parents complain, and how to deal with negative social media… https://bit.ly/3Hq28w9

With parental complaints to schools on the rise, it’s worth ensuring your reporting systems are sufficiently responsive, says Tamara Dasht...

17/07/2024

Use this free KS2 lesson plan to explore the issue of marine pollution and plastic use with Lara Jeffries from Surfers Against Sewage… https://bit.ly/3WcstG5

In this plastic pollution KS2 lesson plan, explore the issue of marine pollution and plastic use with Surfers Against Sewage...

16/07/2024

Use this free resource pack, created by double Paralympic gold medallist and award-winning author, Danielle Brown MBE, to bring incredible sporting role models into your classroom in the run-up to the Olympics… https://bit.ly/3RYdDQZ

The resource pack contains an extract from Run Like a Girl, alongside a pupil worksheet, teacher notes and other resources...

12/07/2024

Step through the door, push past the coats and rediscover the magic of Narnia with these KS2 activities based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe… https://bit.ly/3VXNwuU

Step through the door, push past the coats and rediscover the magic of Narnia with this The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe KS2 resource...

11/07/2024

⚽ If your pupils are in a footie frenzy, these lesson plans, activities and ideas offer some excellent educational links…

https://bit.ly/3xJuksO

The World Cup 2026 is a while away yet, but these footie lesson plans, activities and ideas offer some excellent educational links...

11/07/2024

Use this KS2 writing prompts lesson plan to help children write creatively with confidence. Nothing is impossible, nothing is too silly or strange, and nothing is off-limits… https://bit.ly/3WcswSh

Use this inspiring writing prompts KS2 lesson plan from Mel Taylor-Bessent to help children write creatively with confidence...

10/07/2024

Shed students’ shyness, and your own, when discussing s*x and relationships by using these great videos, lesson plans and tips for Sexual Health Week in September… https://bit.ly/3LgOj50

Shed students' shyness and your own when discussing s*x during Sexual Health Week by using these videos, lesson plans and tips...

09/07/2024

With the aid of these fast, engaging and – above all – fun form time ideas, you can subtly boost some important cross-curricular skills. These ideas are suitable whether you have ten minutes available or a whole hour… https://bit.ly/4cKXC9k

With the aid of these fast, engaging and – above all – fun form time ideas, you can subtly boost some important cross-curricular skills...

05/07/2024

This free PDF features three game-based PE lessons for Reception, based around the weather, the garden and farm animals… https://bit.ly/3W5VbbV

This free PDF features three lessons of Reception PE games, based around the weather, the garden and farm animals...

04/07/2024

This free PDF features a range of classroom games, ideas and prompts for creative writing from the National Literacy Trust. It will help you celebrate writing, reflect on reasons for writing and encourage everyone to find their own motivation and voice... https://bit.ly/4cAQDjc

This free PDF features a range of classroom games, ideas and prompts for creative writing from The National Literacy Trust...

03/07/2024

As Year 6 students prepare to step into the exciting world of Year 7, use these transition day activities to help them feel confident, connected and ready for the journey ahead… https://bit.ly/3VYovB6

Use these transition day activities to help your soon-to-be Year 7s to feel confident, connected and ready for the journey ahead...

02/07/2024

Last chance to win all the books shortlisted for the 2024 CLiPPA – the UK’s top award for published poetry for children. Enter here via our simple form and good luck! 👉 https://bit.ly/4b9Mxx2

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The CLiPPA is the UK’s top award for published poetry for children. Past winners include Carol Ann Duffy, John Agard, Jackie Kay, Joseph Coelho and, recently, Michael Rosen and Valerie Bloom. This year’s shortlist features outstanding new collections, including: There’s something for every you...

02/07/2024

This PDF of instructions from Dr Liz Stafford of Music Education Solutions Ltd explains how to support pupils’ transition into Year 7 by writing and performing your own class pop song. This is a particularly great activity for the summer term when children might have become a bit disengaged with school... https://bit.ly/4cgKvge

This PDF of instructions explains how to support pupils' transition into Year 7 by writing and performing your own Year 6 leavers song...

28/06/2024

How the latest Prevent duty guidance updates affect your school… | via Mubina Asaria at LGfL https://bit.ly/3VFID9F

Mubina Asaria outlines the latest updates and changes to the Prevent duty guidance that school staff need to be mindful of...

27/06/2024

This free PDF features a range of classroom games, ideas and prompts for creative writing from National Literacy Trust. It will help you celebrate writing, reflect on reasons for writing and encourage everyone to find their voice… https://bit.ly/4cAQDjc

This free PDF features a range of classroom games, ideas and prompts for creative writing from The National Literacy Trust...

26/06/2024

Artificial intelligence is changing business, culture, and learning but, like any tool, we need to learn how to use it well. This challenging unit of work for Year 6 explores what AI is and is not… https://bit.ly/4cgKtVE

This unit of work for Year 6 introduces children to the history and use of artificial intelligence, and explores its dangers and limitations

26/06/2024

World Refugee Week may be over, but learning about the experiences of children who have been persecuted is more important now than ever.

‘Nicola is a true expert in the subject and used this to captivate the children with historical facts and accounts from survivors she knew from memory,’ commented a teacher about The National Holocaust Centre and Museum's cross-curricular workshop for primary pupils.

It is available in-school or online every day of the year, so get in touch: https://bit.ly/453pAue

25/06/2024

Win all the books shortlisted for the 2024 CLiPPA – the UK’s top award for published poetry for children. Enter here via our simple form and good luck! 👉 https://bit.ly/4b9Mxx2

CLPE

The CLiPPA is the UK’s top award for published poetry for children. Past winners include Carol Ann Duffy, John Agard, Jackie Kay, Joseph Coelho and, recently, Michael Rosen and Valerie Bloom. This year’s shortlist features outstanding new collections, including: There’s something for every you...

25/06/2024

Provide pupils with this free end-of-year reflection worksheet and ask them to fill it in by answering the questions and writing their memories from the past school year in the shapes provided… https://bit.ly/3RIzE6u

Provide pupils with this end of year reflection worksheet. Answer the questions and write memories from the past school year...

20/06/2024

What is interleaving and how can you use it in your classroom to boost learning? https://bit.ly/4c15Yt7

What is interleaving and how can you use it in your classroom to boost students' learning? MFL teacher Jake Hunton explains...

20/06/2024

Did you spot Thrive's Head of Product and Innovation, Viv Trask-Hall, in the recent edition of Teachwire's Teach Primary Magazine offering her top tips for supporting children who are feeling overwhelmed?

Check it out here (page 66 📖): https://eu1.hubs.ly/H09K5P30

19/06/2024

Help kids put together a convincing argument, whether it’s in an essay, advert, debate or letter, with these persuasive writing lessons, ideas and activities… https://bit.ly/3xkXNsL

Need to turn hesitant writers into persuasive prodigies? Can we persuade you to take a look at our persuasive writing KS2 resources?

19/06/2024

'I have recommended this workshop to colleagues in other schools. This workshop was one of the best I have ever taken part in!’

Teachers love The National Holocaust Centre and Museum's primary workshop, which tells the story of a German Jewish boy in the 1930s who has to flee his own country due to persecution.

Commemorate this World Refugee Week with a powerful and interactive experience in-school or online. Book at https://bit.ly/453pAue

19/06/2024

Are you new to teaching drama? This free download contains a 12-page PDF of teaching material for your first class… | via Drama Notebook https://bit.ly/4c3oxNB

Are you new to teaching drama? Want some new ideas for teaching your first drama class? Putting on your first play? This advice will help...

18/06/2024

Use this free KS2 resource to help you teach a narrative writing lesson on how to write a comedic introduction, using Nora and the Map of Mayhem by https://bit.ly/3KM84Be

Use this comedy writing KS2 resource to help you teach a narrative writing lesson on how to write a funny introduction...

14/06/2024

Even allowing for the crude messaging of election campaigns, the claims made of the Conservatives’ education achievements don’t add up… https://bit.ly/3sxNwqF

Is short-term education policy holding back England's schools? Isn't it a good time for a more energetic and ambitious approach?