Children will have a greater opportunity to access 60 minutes of daily sport and physical activity, whether that be in school, after school or during weekends and holidays, under new Government plans revealed in July … Read More
New Funding Boost for Schools
Schools across England are set for new funding boost as the Prime Minister announces he will invest over £14 billion in primary and secondary education between now and 2022/23. The funding package for 5-16 schools … Read More
The Good Childhood Report 2019
This year’s edition of The Good Childhood Report has just been published (August, 2019). In the report it provides an overview of: The latest statistics and trends in children’s self-reported subjective well-being, including variations by … Read More
Reflection – The Reflective Teacher
Reflection Striving for best practice in your classroom isn’t easy, but it can be made possible through self-observation and evaluation. Reflective teaching is at the heart of quality teaching and therefore student learning. Reflection enables … Read More
How to Structure a Dance (Lesson / Unit / Motif)
Step One: Identify A Stimulus A simple way to begin the process for structuring a dance is to firstly have a stimulus. This could be anything from a topic being learnt in the classroom such … Read More
Aldi Launches Kit for Primary Schools Initiative
Aldi is launching a nationwide campaign to give 20 primary schools across the UK the chance to win £20,000 each to build a health legacy. The Kit for Schools initiative launches on 6th September and is … Read More
New T Levels – New Courses September 2020
T Levels are new courses coming in September 2020, which will follow GCSEs and will be equivalent to 3 A Levels. These 2-year courses have been developed in collaboration with employers and businesses so that … Read More
GCSE results for England 2019: Interactive Analytics
On the 22nd of August Ofqual released its guide to the 2019 GCSE results in England. Key points The majority of results were awarded for reformed GCSEs, with almost all students in England now only … Read More
10 Minute Shake Up Activities
Change4Life and Disney launch new 10 Minute Shake Up activities to get primary school pupils more active every day Teachers can make a difference to pupils’ wellbeing by implementing fun physical activity across the school … Read More