Teaching Practice

How to support staff to become better teachers by improving classroom practice and keeping an eye on the latest pedagogy. Find out what methods of teaching help children to make the most progress.

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  Retrieval practice – the key to unlocking prior learning

  Teaching Practice

  • Understanding how children retain and recall knowledge can improve attainment and progress, says Anthony David
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  Curriculum Clinic - English

  Teaching Practice

  • How to improve pupils’ writing by talking about it first
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  Glebe Farm School- “We have the cleanest sheds in Milton Keynes”

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  • Collegiality and a values-based vision drive academic achievement and progress at this brand-new, all-through school in Buckinghamshire, finds Dorothy Lepkowska
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  Decolonise your curriculum

  Teaching Practice

  • Jeremy Hannay’s school threw out its antiquated resources to create teaching and learning that reflects the needs of pupils and staff
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  Writing for pleasure - how to bring back the spark for pupils

  Teaching Practice

  • If we make putting pen to paper a less daunting task it can yield amazing results, says Kathy Ewers
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  Behaviour management - try tinkering around the edges

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  • However high your discipline expectations, there will still be children who can’t or won’t conform, says Rebecca Leek
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  Homework - let’s end the debate

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  • It's a topic that has divided teachers and parents for decades, yet we’re still no closer to arriving at a verdict, says Phil Harris
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  “Our last inspection was 14 years ago”

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  • Gwen Lee gives an account of her school's first inspection in more than a decade - and explains why it was outstanding again
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  Making the case for stronger primary RE lessons

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  • Armed with good resources and a will to succeed, you can set aside the lack of government support and deliver great religious and worldview teaching
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  Giving child refugees a firm foundation 

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  • Make newcomers’ early days in school less daunting by being creative in how you communicate, says Sue White