Creating a policy within a school can be seen by many as a bureaucratic and overbearing task. To be honest it is but the real question is, is it worth it? In reality, as everyone …
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Well-Being Vs Reality
Well-being is huge in this day and age, something sought by just about everyone because it includes so many positive things such as feeling happy, healthy, socially connected, and purposeful. But have you ever stopped to wonder …
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20 Screen-Free Things To Do With Your Kids Indoors When School Is Closed
The coronavirus pandemic has closed schools worldwide. Most schools are catering for home learning so that children can continue with their education despite the necessary measures. Let’s take these difficult times as they come and …
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6 Steps to Maintain a Work-Life Balance
The beginning of the school year is just around the corner and those long, lazy, summer days will be gone in the blink of an eye. However, before we all get sucked in by the …
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Teacher Well-Being
Teacher well-being is the hottest new topic in education. It’s strange to think how and even why this has only just recently become such an important matter. I mean, shouldn’t teachers’ well-being go without saying? …
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10 Great School Corridor Displays
Walking into any school, one gets a feel of its vibe within the first few seconds. Displays are important as they communicate powerful messages about what is valued by the school community. They help to …
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World Book Day Ideas
Why is World Book Day organized by UNESCO to promote reading widely observed on 23 April whereas in the UK it is celebrated in March? The reason that organisers in the UK & Ireland moved the observance to …
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Give Students A Voice To Improve Your Teaching
Giving students a voice will help you improve your teaching. Yes, teachers have a set curriculum to teach and have specific targets that need to be met, but what if our curriculum was influenced by …
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How to be an Outstanding Primary School Teacher – Book Review
Who doesn’t want to be the best version of themselves? Being the best version of you is not only beneficial for yourself but for those around you. Being one who wants to further develop in …
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Artificial Technology Will Not Replace Teachers
Something that this global pandemic highlighted with respect to teaching, is that politicians, educationalists, headteachers, parents and students alike for once are all in agreement. Everyone is in agreement about the value of the human …
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Stop Killing Teachers With Paperwork
Teaching is definitely not the same job it was 10 or 20 years ago. The increasing complex demands on teachers’ workloads are eventually bound to impact the quality of teaching and learning, negatively. I am …
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Morning Routine In the Classroom
According to Doug Lemov of Teach Like a Champion, a morning routine “…is about making a habit out of what’s efficient, productive, and scholarly after the greeting and as the students take their seats and class …
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Cooking With Kids
Cooking is a life skill that your child will carry into their adult life. I still remember the first time I was allowed to cook and I made some fried potato cakes from a recipe …
