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02-03-2018

Is the written method always the right one in maths?

Maths time! Dienes? Place value counters? Bead bars? Pencil and paper is all you need in the juniors! Do we race towards a written or mental because we know that eventually they won't be able to use manipulatives in the SATS? Well yes, we do and if you say otherwise, you're lying....

by Gavin Goulds

23-02-2018

School – the first frontier, these are the voyages of Starship PHSE.

You see Star Trek covered a whole range of issues we cover in education. Issues depicted in the various series include war and peace, the value of personal loyalty, authoritarianism, imperialism, class warfare, economics, racism, religion, human rights, sexism, feminism, disability and the role of technology.

by James Yates

22-02-2018

Growth Mindset: the key to achieve success in learning

Too many children – and adults for that matter – believe they don’t need to learn, or that they can’t learn and Professor Carol Dweck from Stanford University contends this is due to individuals developing a Fixed Mindset with regard to their capabilities, character traits or potential. She argues that not only learning is stunted, but many social issues can arise by having a Fixed Mindset.

by Dan Haesler

20-02-2018

Learning at Large

You know how you apparently live with the fact that you are not educating kids like they used to be educated? How young people today cannot read or write and leave school with a poor or inappropriate skills and how employers are concerned? Apparently, everyone knows, politicians, employers, everyone, except teachers....

by Laurence Boulter

19-02-2018

A CLIL 60 Minute Lesson Plan

CLIL is the fusion between content and language, and encourages autonomous and collaborative learning. If you want a practical insight into how the learning of both content and a second language can be combined into a single educational experience, read on.

by Savas Savides

15-02-2018

What Has Teaching Become?

Disillusioned with how teachers are told to teach in Britain, the anonymous 'Madame MFL' lifts the lid on those long days, wrong priorities and even longer form filling exercises that waste so much teaching time.

by Madame MFL

14-02-2018

Critical Thinking to solve maths problems

Experienced senior leader, Chris Hook, talks us through a creative thinking project she has designed to make children think and discuss maths without being afraid of the wrong answer.

by Chris Hook

14-02-2018

The Effect of the Flat Cash Budget

Nina Sperring talks about the Local Authority’s imminent proposals to implement a ‘flat cash’ budget for education in Flintshire and the effects it could have across our schools.

by Nina Sperring

11-02-2018

The Importance of Explicit Teaching in Early Years

Early years education consultant, Jayne Carter, shares her thoughts on explicit teaching and the importance of this pedagogy in an early years setting.

by Jayne Carter

10-02-2018

Championing the Trickier to Teach

It's a well known educational phenomenon that those trickier to teach children; these tricky and often patient testing children, are never, ever off sick. They show up. Every single day. Why is that? Ella explains..

by Ella Smallwood

09-02-2018

Evoking Feelings for Fractions, Photosynthesis, & Forces

When we ignore the role of emotion in learning, we neglect one of the most powerful ways human beings make meaning of their experiences...

by Gillian Judson

07-02-2018

An Inspector Calls!

This week started much like any other, preparing lessons and resources for the week, getting classrooms set up, and introducing the children to new concepts; that was until Tuesday lunchtime when we got the 'dreaded' Ofsted call...

by Rachel Burbridge

02-02-2018

Why Should YOU Consider Blogging?

Nexus Education co-founder, Damien Challenger, explains why he thinks all teacher across the UK should be sharing their experiences, resources and CPD via the medium of blogging.

by Damien Challenger

30-01-2018

Games Design Projects in Primary Schools

Learning to design, build and program games can be an extremely rewarding experience for the children. Not only will they learn and understand how games work but they will also benefit from many other skills which will be useful in later life.

by David Andrews

26-01-2018

What do Parents Want for Their Children?

Question for Parents...what do you want for your children? “I just want them to be happy” is the answer every time I ask this question of parents at school. And I add, happy and successful.

by Jonathan Forster

21-01-2018

A, B, C… easy as?

Michael Jackson sang that it was easy but for some of us, learning our ‘a,b,c’s’ feels impossible. Moreover, as everyone else is ‘getting it’; how does that feel for a young learner?

by Suzanne Murray

20-01-2018

Why I Quit My New Job

A few weeks ago, I started a new job as a Deputy Headteacher in an inner London school. The borough has historically been quite notorious for its behaviour issues but has more recently recovered from this reputation. I went in hopeful, excited even. I couldn't have been more wrong!

by Anonymous Deputy Headteacher

18-01-2018

Making wellbeing a habit!

Year 5 Teacher, Niomi Roberts shares how making wellbeing a habit is vital to being an effective and influential teacher.

by Niomi Clyde Roberts

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Is the written method always the right one in maths?

School – the first frontier, these are the voyages of Starship PHSE.

Growth Mindset: the key to achieve success in learning

Learning at Large

A CLIL 60 Minute Lesson Plan

What Has Teaching Become?

Critical Thinking to solve maths problems

The Effect of the Flat Cash Budget

The Importance of Explicit Teaching in Early Years

Championing the Trickier to Teach

Evoking Feelings for Fractions, Photosynthesis, & Forces

An Inspector Calls!

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Games Design Projects in Primary Schools

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Is the written method always the right one in maths?

School – the first frontier, these are the voyages of Starship PHSE.

Growth Mindset: the key to achieve success in learning

Learning at Large

A CLIL 60 Minute Lesson Plan

What Has Teaching Become?

Critical Thinking to solve maths problems

The Effect of the Flat Cash Budget

The Importance of Explicit Teaching in Early Years

Championing the Trickier to Teach

Evoking Feelings for Fractions, Photosynthesis, & Forces

An Inspector Calls!

Why Should YOU Consider Blogging?

Games Design Projects in Primary Schools

What do Parents Want for Their Children?

A, B, C… easy as?

Why I Quit My New Job

Making wellbeing a habit!

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