Who suffers when SEND funding is cut?
This article shares my thoughts about who is affected during the current SEN budget crisis. It looks at how various groups of stakeholders may be…
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How to effectively use assessment in and out of the classroom
Assessment. Formative, summative, and diagnostic are just a few forms of assessment you use in and out of your classroom. But how do you know…
Creating your ‘performance space’
It is that time of year again when we are meeting our new classes for the first time, setting up routines and expectations for the…
How we address youth culture and violence in schools
The threat is not youth culture. Youth culture, as we experience it today is one of if not the most powerful subculture of society we’ve…
The teacher checklist for student trips
Taking the pupils out of the classroom at the beginning of a project or topic can create a wow factor and be a great way…
Maximising the impact of your teaching assistant
Being a teacher can seem a lonely place sometimes! There is only 1 of you and up to 30 students! Only one of you to…
How to personalise your approach in supporting behavior
Where the behavior policy in school is being used consistently by all staff, I predict approximately 95% of students will respond by improving their behavior.…
5 ways to motivate reluctant readers
The practice of reading is diminishing, both in and out of the classroom. Despite its copious benefits including cognitive engagement, vocabulary expansion and improved concentration;…