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Former headteacher Will Ewens explains why a climate action plan is a roadmap toward a healthier, happier, more resilient ...
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 ...
Residentials and mental health – Being outdoors is great for the mind Steve Anderson outlines the mental health benefits that students and teachers can get from learning through adventure ...
Use sports day as an opportunity to demonstrate how perseverance and resilience can fuel personal growth and success for ...
Why should we care for the environment? Compare different worldviews to find some answers in this KS2 lesson plan from ...
The primary school classroom as we know it simply doesn’t work for every child. While their classmates thrive in the busy and stimulating space their teachers create, many autistic pupils struggle ...
Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is widely understood to be a ‘profile’ on the autism spectrum – one way in which autism can present.. A PDA profile means that individuals share autistic ...
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 ...
There are three components to reading fluency: accuracy, automaticity and prosody. Accuracy provides the foundation – readers must be able to decode words on the page accurately to be in with a chance ...
Traditionally, silence has been (incorrectly) seen as an indicator of focus. We all know that silence may mean compliance, but we also know that silence doesn’t necessarily mean engagement.That said, ...
This resource provides teaching notes for Cobweb by Michael Morpurgo, aimed at KS2 teachers.. What is Cobweb by Michael Morpurgo about?. The story follows Cobweb, a Pembrokeshire Corgi, as he ...