Bring on the beginning of the summer holidays with these five simple, inexpensive gift ideas for your pupils or classmates! Teachers and pupils alike, dream about the wonderful things to come in the summer, yet …
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5 Great End of Year Gift Ideas!
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QR Codes in the Classroom
A QR Code, abbreviated for Quick Response Code, is a mobile phone readable bar code that can store website URL’s, plain text, phone numbers, email addresses and pretty much any other alphanumeric data. They are found …
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9 tips for effective classroom displays
Effective displays are essential tools for supporting pupils’ learning and making the classroom feel welcoming and engaging. They’re also something that most teachers enjoy doing—and sometimes overdoing! It’s tempting to cover classroom walls with bright, …
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A possible solution to the planning mayhem?
A while back I came across the 5 minute lesson plan. I mean a 5 minute lesson plan?? Imagine that! Of course, it was love at first sight! ❤ Planning in general should be effective …
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An introduction to Philosophy for Children – P4C
Being introduced to P4C (Philosophy for children) an educational movement that aims to teach reasoning and argumentative skills to children from an early age made me want to look into it further, hoping to implement …
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World Autism Awareness Day: 2nd April
❤ I will never forget my first experience teaching a child on the spectrum. He was a beloved boy who just needed a particular approach. I still remember the last day before he left, when …
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The Daily Mile
This year, the school I work at, initiated The Daily Mile. Now to be very honest, my initial thoughts on this were on the negative side, thinking of it as just another thing added to …
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Spring has sprung!
March is the first of the Spring months. Don’t you just love this season? With spring scents in the air, the day getting longer and warmer, it’s time to prepare the classroom for this season. Here …
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5 strategies to recover after a bad teaching day
Finding yourself having a really bad day at school? Feeling overwhelmed; annoyed with a colleague; had a bad lesson; feeling unappreciated; had a conflict with a parent; having problems with difficult children? All these can …
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Clarifying Learning Goals
With planning currently being in the spotlight of school life, it’s an ideal time to clarify some common misconceptions amongst certain planning terms. A good lesson plan will come to enhance a good lesson. It …
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