Did you know that 95% of UK schools are located in areas where air pollution exceeds the World Health Organisation’s recommended limits? Or that indoor air quality can be up to five times worse than ...

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The relational approach was first introduced in therapy and counselling and is based on the premise that most problems in life are relational. Our problems often stem from negative experiences in ...

What is a verb? The English programme of study says: The surest way to identify verbs is by the ways they can be used: they can usually have a tense, either present or past. Verbs are sometimes called ...

The benefits of a structured ‘circle time’ session as a vehicle for teaching and learning with young children cannot be underestimated, especially after a year of very little social contact for many.

Why teach The Girl at the Front of the Class? Help young children understand and empathise with the refugee experience with The Girl at the Front of the Class. It’s a moving picture book from Onjali Q ...

Solid, liquid and gas. The three states of matter provide a host of different investigations for children in KS2 to get their hands on. The lessons in this free download start with foundational ...

Alliteration with George’s Marvellous Medicine This excellent KS2 lesson plan uses Roald Dahl’s classic George’s Marvellous Medicine to learn all about the power of words. There’s a starter activity, ...

Prosody is a vital component of reading fluency. Find out how you can bring it into your literacy lessons to build expert readers.

Understanding where your pupils lie within the Blank Levels of Questioning framework lets you group them according to the task's complexity ...

Many of us use pictures to stimulate creative writing. They’re great for helping pupils to visualise a scene; they don’t exclude children who lack confidence with reading and frequently the same ...

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