Digital Platform Funding – Ending Soon!
With remote learning for all schools becoming the norm over the past 12 months, it has become increasingly important to implement the most effective digital platform for your school. Read this blog to find out more about the digital platform funding and how to take advantage of it before it expires!
Juggling Working From Home with Home Schooling
The nation is yet again in the middle of another lockdown, and schools have had to adapt to online learning due to them being closed to the majority of their pupils. For those parents or carers who are trying to juggle working from home with looking after their children, this can be a daunting experience. It can feel nearly impossible to do both. Read our blog for tips on how to cope with homeschooling through the lockdown.
Staying Happy & Healthy During Lockdown 2021
We are one month into lockdown 2021, how are you managing with life’s new normal? Many school staff are still working in schools across the country and are doing a wonderful job. Read this blog for top tips on staying mentally well, physical activity ideas and recipes for some nutritious meals.
How to help pupils transitioning back after schools closures
The Impact of Covid-19; how can we support pupils transitioning back into schools after school closures?
What does the research say? How can schools offer support? Read this blog to find out, as well as suggestions of other helpful blogs.
Making Writing Powerful: Writing with Purpose
Consider the last five things you have written – what were they?
Much of the teaching of writing is naturally given over to learning how to write for specific purposes. Truly great writing will only emerge when the pupils are confident, engaged writers who take pleasure in their craft. So, what can we do to support this? The answer, is to make writing powerful. Read this blog for our top tips for building purposeful writing into your whole curriculum.
Effective Curriculum Progression Part 2
In Effective Curriculum Progression Part One, we explored the importance of finding out what children already know and what children will be learning as they progress through the curriculum. Read this blog to delve in further and explore how we can try to reduce the gap between the intended curriculum and the learned curriculum.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
ACEs are stressful and traumatic events experienced by children and young people. These can be directly harmful experiences such as physical, emotional, sexual abuse & neglect. Read this blog to find out more about Adverse Childhood Experiences.
Supporting School Staff Through the Winter
As we move into the winter of 2020, Seasonal Affective Disorder will be an all-too familiar condition for some, that will bring symptoms of depression and anxiety. This is a condition that generally hits in the winter months due to a lack of light and warmth. But there are things we can do to combat these symptoms and try to support ourselves. Now more than ever, our mental health should be a priority. Here are some ideas from the wellbeing team about quick wins to try and beat the blues
Mind the Gap:
Think about a time when you just couldn’t think of the word you needed during a conversation. For most of us, this is a relatively rare occurrence, but for many children a lack of vocabulary puts up daily barriers that are difficult to overcome. We know there is a significant word gap which we must overcome, but why is minding that gap so important? Why do we need to prioritise vocabulary?
Thrive: To prosper and flourish
Children have the right to be kept safe from harm, and we have a duty of care to uphold this for the children and young people who attend our settings.