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Safeguarding LGBTQ+ children and young people

2 March 2022

All children and young people have the right to be protected and kept safe from abuse and neglect. LGBTQ+ children and young people face the same risks as all children…

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Top tips for teaching ordinality

2 March 2022

Ordinality, put simply, is where numbers come in the number system and their relationship to each other. But there’s more to it than that… What is ordinality? A helpful definition…

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EEF blog: The role of the SENDCO in developing teaching practice

1 March 2022

How can SENDCOs take their own knowledge and ensure it meaningfully impacts teachers’ practice in classrooms? "As all SENDCOs know, developing teacher practice around SEND is about more than just…

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Help with how to talk to pupils about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

28 February 2022

The DfE have released a blog containing advice and resources for teachers and schools of how to talk to children about distressing complex, emotive news stories. The Educate Against Hate website is…

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Eating disorders awareness

28 February 2022

School-age children are at a particularly high risk of developing eating disorders, with the pressures and transitions that come as part of school life among the possible triggers for these…

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Sky Arts week

27 February 2022

Sky Arts are launching Access All Arts, a nationwide arts week for primary schools from 6th - 10th June. You don’t need any prior experience of teaching art or any…

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Extending the Learning: Using Fingers to Support Number Development

20 February 2022

James Gray explores how using fingers when supporting number development could provide significant benefits to learning. Teaching for mastery is now a well-embedded notion in Primary teaching, focusing on a secure development…

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Social media, teachers and schools: How to avoid the pitfalls

19 February 2022

Teachers’ use of social media, both in their professional and personal lives, is increasingly under the microscope. For the unfortunate few, items posted online can have unforeseen and far-reaching consequences…

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Oracy in Action: Developing Purposeful Talk in EYFS and Key Stage 1

18 February 2022

Effective practice in school can compensate for children who have missed out on early language opportunities at home Research makes a link between the amount and quality of conversation at home and…

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DfE: new guidance on political impartiality in schools

17 February 2022

Why is it so important teachers are politically impartial? Everyone has their own views on particular subjects and issues and teachers are no different, but it is important that teachers…

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How would you respond? …when pupils get angry

17 February 2022

Shahana Knight is spotlighting common behaviours or classroom scenarios, looking at why they might occur and how we can respond therapeutically. It is so easy to see a child’s struggle…

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Vulnerable students: The four domains of safety

15 February 2022

What are the four domains of safety and why are they so important in enabling vulnerable and other children to flourish? Dr Pooky Knightsmith explains. One of the most basic…

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