Category: Teaching and Learning

Observations: What Are They Really For?

by Sally Michaels

Some of the results of our recent survey on observations in the Primary classroom. (Infographic)

So You’ve Been Put In Charge Of The Infant Nativity?

by Sue Vought

What memories are made of. There won’t be a dry eye in the house.

The Most Important Thing A Primary School Can Do For A Child

by Sally Michaels

Why getting children ‘GCSE-ready’ probably doesn’t even make our top 10 list of priorities.

Positive Behaviour Management: 3 Articles To Read When You’re Struggling To Stay Positive

by Sally Michaels

The Top 3 Articles About Classroom Behaviour Management To Read When You’re Struggling To Stay Positive

NQT Year: What Is Induction?

by Sally Michaels

What is Pupil Premium Funding?

by Sally Michaels

What is Pupil Premium Funding? Pupil Premium Funding is additional funding given to schools to help raise the attainments of disadvantaged children.

How to use multiple-choice quizzes effectively in your classroom

by Sally Michaels

‘America’s dumbest idea: creating a multiple-choice test generation’ read the headline in The Guardian. Use multiple-choice to help your pupils learn.

We all know about the 3 Rs, but what about the rest of the alphabet?

by Sue Vought

Focussing almost exclusively on Maths and English in a very structured way in Primary is a shift that’s becoming pretty alarming. Let’s explore some of the other ways that we can enthuse our children’s young minds for the future.

Having Fun with Poetry

by Roger Stevens

I have been running poetry workshops in primary schools for around twenty years and I can tell you two things: The first is that there are teachers who love teaching poetry and there are teachers who are nervous – or even terrified – of teaching it. The second is that teaching poetry and using poetry in lessons is actually very easy.