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Issue 6.1

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What is cancer? Get the facts – Macmillan resource pack

The free activity from Macmillan is a great way to help primary-age children understand the basic facts about cancer and allay any common fears or misconceptions. Includes overview, lesson plan and student handouts.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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Manager’s Briefcase – Updated information for inspectors

A summary of Ofsted’s recently updated information for inspectors, plus a series of checklists to ensure your practice is compliant.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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Working with parents in the EYFS

All parents are unique, and sometimes, what they want from their child’s early years provider is very different to what the practitioner feels is appropriate. In light of the increased emphasis in the updated EYFS on developing strong parent partnerships, Vanessa Linehan considers how to strike a balance.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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A creative approach to the new curriculum

It’s been criticised as narrow, rigid and unimaginative, but the new primary curriculum is coming into force from September this year whether we like it or not. In preparation, Ros Wilson reflects on the ways teachers can encourage creativity, even under its restricting impositions.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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Using Twitter for professional development

Twitter is transforming the way people communicate and share information online, and teachers are no exception. Jane Jones explains how you can join the blue bird revolution with six ways to use Twitter as a valuable means of furthering your professional development.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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Underachievement and disruptive behaviour: The psychometric solution

How can we improve the performance and behaviour of underachieving and disruptive students? Sally Wells describes how one school has turned to a tool normally used to select candidates for high-level jobs – psychometric assessments.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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Rethinking school improvement

Whether the school a child attends is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ is only one of the many factors influencing his or her success. In the second of his new series for School Leadership Today, John West-Burnham asks why schools seeking to improve student outcomes rarely consider the rest.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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Charity begins at school

Raising money for charity is more than just an act of kindness. Here, Claire Cruft explains how engaging staff, students and parents in charitable events unites the school community, teaches valuable life skills and gives students the space and opportunity to discuss difficult subjects such as cancer.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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Giving children research skills

Giving students the necessary research skills is impossible without first making them information literate - and this applies to every subject, argues Andrew Shenton.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins
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Is there a role for MOOCs in schools?

Massive Open Online Courses are well-established now as a tool for higher education providers to share academic knowledge – but could they be set to revolutionise secondary education too? Howard Sharron explores the possibilities for schools.

  • 27 Jun 2014
  • 24mins