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Helping Children’s Behaviour and Wellbeing by using British Sign Language: With Help from The Beatles!
I was leading a story session in a nursery once, and we were having a few problems getting the children to settle down. Even though I had loads of resources and was going...
A Breakdown of the 2014 Primary Curriculum
The new 2014 curriculum has now been released and although the basics are still there, quite a few things have changed....
Helping Children to Listen at Storytime: With Help from Elton John and The Proclaimers!
When I was at secondary school my friends and I wanted to start a band. We split after one rehearsal: not because of ‘musical differences’ but because we couldn’t d...
Don’t Just DO Maths, LIVE Maths
I felt empowered…triumphant. For years I had believed I couldn’t do maths and now, as a woman in my 40s, I had successfully worked my way through a maths problem duri...
How to Motivate Pupils to Learn at the KS1 Level
Just like motivated adults in the workplace, motivated children in the classroom achieve better results....
Jungle Themed Activity Ideas
The jungle is always a very popular early years topic and there are lots of different crafts activities, songs, games and recipes that you can incorporate into this theme...
Space Themed Activity Ideas
Outer space is always a very popular topic in the early years and there are lots of fun craft ideas and recipes out there to help you turn your classroom into an alien pl...
Winning the Tidying Battle with Child-Friendly Storage
Now, you may not be able to win the war, but you can make a valiant effort to stay on top of the tidying battle....
Is My Child Dyslexic?
When I was at school in the 50s and 60s I was called stupid by many of my teachers who gave up on me. Now ‘dyslexia’ is the ‘in’ word....
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