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The bright are different.
The journey from being a very bright child to becoming a well-rounded, well-adjusted and sociable very bright adult, is not without its challenges.
March 3, 2021 -
Top 10 playground games for primary schools
Are you looking for some good playground games to get children active outside? These games will get them moving and will help to develop PE skills and teamwork.
March 2, 2021 -
Exciting grammar
Is it really possible to make English grammar exciting, fun, enjoyable, and varied? By and large, English grammar tends to get a bad press.
February 24, 2021 -
Get cooking – safely
How do we keep children safe as they get cooking with sharp cooking implements? We have 8 short videos showing different skills needed to keep safe in the kitchen.
February 7, 2021 -
For the gifted and talented
More able children are as varied in their individual attributes as everyone else in the class, and so a wide range of approaches and activities is needed.
December 7, 2020 -
Two factors to raise reading comprehension skills
It is vital that children are given passages to read that they can both understand and enjoy – that are appropriate, engaging, varied and grab their attention.
March 11, 2020 -
Teaching division to beginners
We often assess our children’s understanding by using worksheets. In this worksheet the children are asked to share objects evenly to practise division.
March 6, 2019 -
From Outstanding, is the only way to go down?
Would your school benefit from Mentoring Mondays to support colleagues to develop their practice or how about a simple way of tracking children’s progress?
February 19, 2018 -
Using the Two-spoon Method in Cooking
Kate Morris and Sally Brown, authors of Get Cooking in the Classroom, have created a great video to help teach children the two-spoon method.
February 23, 2017 -
Replacements for bread tags – the problems of being an educational publisher
Do you remember them? Those plastic tags that used to be used to seal loaves of sliced bread? They have great potential as a maths manipulative.
September 9, 2015
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