Unless we persuade disadvantaged children to take part in the arts, we’re limiting their future opportunities, says Professor Maggie Atkinson… The debate about why the arts matter to education often ...

This resource provides teaching notes for Cobweb by Michael Morpurgo, aimed at KS2 teachers. What is Cobweb by Michael Morpurgo about? The story follows Cobweb, a Pembrokeshire Corgi, as he ...

The benefits of a structured ‘circle time’ session as a vehicle for teaching and learning with young children cannot be underestimated, especially after a year of very little social contact for many.

Steve Brace considers the framing at work when geography classes study ‘natural disasters’ – and why even the term itself is up for debate… In connecting physical and human processes, natural hazards ...

Brrr, it’s cold outside. When the weather is terrible, it’s heartwarming to see a group of children huddled inside a classroom enthusiastically playing board games or getting stuck into maths problems ...

If you’re a high-ability pupil from a working class background, you aren’t going to do as well in school and in later life as a low-ability pupil from a high social class. Put another way, it’s social ...

Use these cross-curricular activities, inspired by Viking Boy: The Real Story by Tony Bradman, to delve into this fascinating era. The first activity involves thinking about the Viking idea of ...

I’m sure that many teachers and specialists have been asked the question ‘What is the point in Religious Education?’, but I wonder what your view is. Often there is a misunderstanding that surrounds ...

We decided to apply for an RE Quality Mark at my school as the culmination of a two-year curriculum change programme that saw RE transformed into ‘religion and worldviews’. We believed our ...

Use these Spanish games as a class activity or as warm-up exercises to get your class thinking and speaking. Because they’re so fun, your students won’t think of it as learning… Learning objective: ...

Imagine the scene: a child wakes up in the morning, peers out of the window, and sees it is snowing thickly outside. School is cancelled. All they want to do for the day is play. What’s important to ...

Literary Devices defines alliteration as: “A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.” Does alliteration have to use the ...