This time of year is ripe with hatching chicks and skipping lambs, so it’s the perfect time to notice nature and get curious about conservation. What’s more, 22nd April is Earth Day, an annual event celebrated worldwide to support environmental protection. So make like David Attenborough and read on to find some exciting books to […]
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Sally Smith, Maths Lead and Year 6 teacher at Old Town Primary School in Hebden Bridge, tells us about how she uses MyMaths to support her maths teaching. Tell us a bit about your school and class.Old Town is a primary school in West Yorkshire with around 100 pupils. I currently teach Year 6 and prior […]
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Reading to children from an early age is the best way of encouraging them to love books and reading. By reading stories aloud, we take them into a world that goes well beyond our typical everyday spoken language, and form a link for them between reading, comfort and love. We need to do everything we can […]
Read morePreparing students for the new A-level exams The first cohorts for the new linear Maths A-Level exams are well over halfway through, so our attention is now turning to how best to prepare for the upcoming exams. I’d like to reflect on some of the changes in A-level Maths that I think we should all […]
Read moreJill Carter dispels the popular myth that grammar is boring and explains why she thinks it should be revered by teachers and students alike. In the years I have spent around teaching, one of the main subject-related complaints of English teachers is SPaG. The main complaints seem to be: ‘I wasn’t taught grammar […]
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A few years ago it became very clear that there was an increasing pressure to demonstrate that educational products and services have an impact in the classroom. This desire for proof of impact – or efficacy , as it is sometimes known – has come from schools and ministries of education around the world looking to make […]
Read moreFrom last year’s headline figures and the increasing grade boundaries it seems that most pupils are being prepared well for the new(ish) 9–1 Maths GCSE. A benefit of the course is that it provides welcome additional challenge for the most able pupils, preparing them better for future study. However, some teachers are concerned about how […]
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If a week is a long time in politics, then 21 years must be an eternity. Yet I can still remember the furore when Stephen Byers – then education secretary – was interviewed on the radio about government plans to improve numeracy in school and got his calculations wrong. No journalists have tried to trip […]
Read moreAs a department of the University of Oxford, whose mission is to further educational excellence, OUP believes in the important role of evidence of impact in improving learning outcomes across the country. We know how important evidence of impact is to support schools’ decisions around how they invest their time and money. Teachers can now […]
Read moreWithout enough language – a word gap – a child is seriously limited in their enjoyment of school and in their success both within school and beyond it. The Oxford Language Report: Why Closing the Word Gap Matters , which brought together the thoughts of a number of leading academics and practitioners, was based on market research with over 1,300 primary and secondary […]
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