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Five stunning National Trust gardens to visit this spring

Five stunning National Trust gardens to visit this spring

What better time of year than to experience some of the finest and wildest National Trust gardens in the UK? Our pick of five beautiful outdoor spaces to visit are sure to dazzle and rejuvenate even the sleepiest of...

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Exploring Childhood in Hard Times

‘If we can only preserve ourselves from growing up, we shall never grow old and the young may love us to the last,’ declared Dickens. This call to protect the magic and wonder of childhood concluded his New Year’s Day...

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How Parents Can Support Their Child’s Writing At Home

Writing is one of the most challenging things we ask our children to do and it is hard for parents to know what’s expected in each year group and...

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10 Ways To Give Better Feedback

10 Ways To Give Better Feedback

Feedback comes in all shapes, sizes and flavours but the bottom line is that it must serve a learning function to bring about transformation and improve performance. Feedback needs to be expansive and dynamic, not limited and static so...

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School trips for Sociology

School trips for Sociology

A common question I hear from many teachers is about where to go on school trips for Sociology students as sadly much of the feedback in the past has been that days out away from school were either not...

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Spreading a musical virus

Spreading a musical virus

Karen Marshall, co-author of the Get Set! Piano series and How to Teach Instrumental and Singing Lessons – 100 Inspiring Ideas, shares her advice for encouraging children to teach themselves daily through musical games in the playground.  Spreading a...

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Do atlases still have a place in the modern secondary classroom?

Do atlases still have a place in the modern secondary classroom?

Geography departments within secondary schools across the UK rely on printed atlases for many different areas across the curriculum.

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