Using Books to Support Conversations About Current Events
Books, texts and stories have amazing power, particularly for starting conversations about challenging themes. Right now, the invasion of Ukraine is at the forefront of everybody’s minds, and naturally children have questions and worries about the situation. Books can be a great way of starting a conversation about a challenging topic, as well as supporting and reassuring children.
Talking to children about the Ukraine and Russia conflict
Many children will be returning to school after the Half Term and will have lots of questions around the current controversial conflict between the two countries, Ukraine and Russia. It is really important, as school staff, we raise awareness to try and manage the impact that this maybe having on our children and young people.
You Are a Champion: Planning and Resources
One Education’s planning and resources aim to give educators a starting point in suggesting ways Marcus Rashford’s You Are a Champion can be used to develop children’s confidence, build resilience and support in striving to be the best version of themselves.
Climate Change: How schools are key in changing our future
It is likely that you have heard about COP26 but what is it and what do we, as educators need to do about it?
Autumn School Census 2021
As we approach October it can mean only one thing..the Autumn School census! The Autumn Census will take place on Thursday 7th October 2021. All schools should be on the latest version of SIMS 7.20 and will have applied the Workstation Patch 1.
School Spring Census 2022
This is a reminder to all schools; census day is on Thursday 20th January.
The Reading Framework: Implications for Leadership and Practice
Read ahead to discover our top ten takeaways from the new Reading Framework released by the Department for Education.
World Book Day 2021: Building a love of books virtually
Every year, the first week of March brings World Book Day! This year, things are a little different to say the least. Although this week brought news of full school opening and the roadmap out of all this, we’re still faced with a World Book Day in lockdown.
This blog will bring you lots of resources that will enhance your World Book Day, whether it is celebrated at school or at home.
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!
Teaching Reading Skills: Retrieval
We read constantly, not just words, but emotions and images. What unites most of our daily reading is that we read to retrieve information. Unless you read for pleasure vociferously, you are more than likely spending more time reading for information than you are for pleasure. Your primary reason for reading is retrieval.