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Strong Female Book Characters

Strong Female Fictional Characters – KS2 Booklist

 Children’s media and books are packed with gender stereotypes: princesses waiting for Prince Charming, fairies dressed in pink and ...
Best Teacher Hacks

Teacher Hacks from The Talkative Teacher

 Mrs P, teacher, blogger and creator of The Talkative Teacher website has put together some of her best ‘teacher ...
Ofsted Myths

Ofsted Myth Busting

 When schools ‘get the call’, often even the most pragmatic and sensible teachers often start questioning themselves and start ...
Department for Education Marking

New DfE Guidance Could Transform ‘Marking’ Forever

 It will come as no surprise that the latest survey conducted by the Department for Education concluded that the ...
Reducing Teacher Workload

Could You Cut Marking Down To A Single Page Of A4 A Day?

 This school stripped back marking to a half-page per lesson and now has more time for planning, says its ...
Where the wild things are KS1

Eight Go-to Books for Children in Key Stage 1

 So, you have survived the festive season. If you work in key stage 1, that has meant getting through a ...
Paddington Christmas Advert Lesson

Make Christmas Week ‘Bear’able With Paddington Resources From Lesson Planned

 Children (and us adults) have fallen in love with Paddington all over again due to Paddington 2 and of ...

Sharing Resources Benefits Everyone

 Why should we share our ideas? Years ago when I first started teaching, I proposed in a staff meeting ...

What is Mastery?

 Mastery is without a doubt the new buzzword in education, but what is it exactly? The DfE has defined ...