Celebrating the Benefits of a Poetry-Rich Curriculum
National Poetry Day is taking place on Thursday 6th October this year, on which we are encouraged to read, share, write and celebrate poems.
EYFS and KS1: What We Learned in the Last Academic Year
Goodbye 21-22, and hello 22-23! As we settle into the new term, we take the time to look back on the lessons we’ve learnt in Early Years and KS1, and think about how to use them to improve teaching and learning this academic year.
Ofsted’s Research Review of English: Our Top Takeaways for Schools
Designed to bring together a picture of the national context, with their summary of current research into factors that can affect the quality of education in English, the review explores curriculum progression, pedagogy, assessment and leadership. Here are our top takeaways.
National Share a Story Day
May is National Share a Story Month. It is a celebration of stories and reading and how powerful storytelling can be.
Using Books to Support Conversations About Current Events
Books, texts and stories have amazing power, particularly for starting conversations about challenging themes. Right now, the invasion of Ukraine is at the forefront of everybody’s minds, and naturally children have questions and worries about the situation. Books can be a great way of starting a conversation about a challenging topic, as well as supporting and reassuring children.
Talking to children about the Ukraine and Russia conflict
Many children will be returning to school after the Half Term and will have lots of questions around the current controversial conflict between the two countries, Ukraine and Russia. It is really important, as school staff, we raise awareness to try and manage the impact that this maybe having on our children and young people.
You Are a Champion: Planning and Resources
One Education’s planning and resources aim to give educators a starting point in suggesting ways Marcus Rashford’s You Are a Champion can be used to develop children’s confidence, build resilience and support in striving to be the best version of themselves.
Climate Change: How schools are key in changing our future
It is likely that you have heard about COP26 but what is it and what do we, as educators need to do about it?
Autumn School Census 2021
As we approach October it can mean only one thing..the Autumn School census! The Autumn Census will take place on Thursday 7th October 2021. All schools should be on the latest version of SIMS 7.20 and will have applied the Workstation Patch 1.
School Spring Census 2022
This is a reminder to all schools; census day is on Thursday 20th January.
