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Queen is Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2022

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Oxford Education 1 Comment

Queen was chosen by children as their word of the year for 2022, according to research carried out by our department of Children’s Dictionaries & Children’s Language Data. Nearly half (46%) of surveyed children voted for Queen, making this the most popular choice from a shortlist of three words: Queen, happy and chaos. Across all […]

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What’s next after Floppy’s Phonics?

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022Oxford Education
Reading Beyond Phonics

Explore levelled reading books to support progression and confidence after the Floppy’s Phonics teaching programme.

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What’s next after Essential Letters and Sounds?

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022Oxford Education
Reading Beyond Phonics

Explore levelled reading books to support progression and confidence after the Essential Letters and Sounds phonics programme.

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September ready teacher to-do lists

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022Oxford Education

As the summer holidays draw to an end, I’m starting to think about adjusting back to a life of to-do lists. As a teacher, form tutor and Head of Department at a Secondary school, being organised has always been critical for me. There are so many plates to spin as a teacher that I don’t […]

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Inclusive Classrooms: Top tips to help NQTs teach inclusive PE lessons

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022Oxford Education
Taking positive steps together

Rebecca Foster MBE shares a few ideas to help you improve your confidence and your ability to be more disability-aware in your PE lessons.

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Trialling Oxford Smart Activate: Interview with a Pioneer School

June 17, 2022August 11, 2022Oxford Education
Trialling Oxford Smart Activate

Martin Saunders, Head of KS3 Science, Chichester High School I work at Chichester High school which is a school of approximately 1500 students in West Sussex. Rated “Good” in our most recent Ofsted inspection, the journey continues on towards “Outstanding”. In light of this, we approached OUP to push forward our teaching and learning, along […]

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Inclusive Classrooms: Widening access to school trips

May 27, 2022June 9, 2022Oxford Education
Taking positive steps together

Anita Kerwin-Nye shares her five top tips for widening access to school trips and closing the experience gap.

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Supporting young people’s wellbeing through their 2022 exams

May 13, 2022May 18, 2022Oxford Education
Close up of Secondary School students taking their exams

Written by The Children’s Society in partnership with Oxford University Press As we emerge from the upheaval and disruption of the pandemic you could argue that it was young people who paid the highest price, especially those who were taking exams. The Children’s Society (TCS) has been carrying out research with children and young people […]

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Inclusive Classrooms: The positive impact of using British Sign Language in the classroom

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Oxford Education
Taking positive steps together

Primary teacher Alysha Allen shares the impact using British Sign Language has had on pupil confidence, vocabulary, and attitudes to difference in her school.

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Getting hands-on with science: Behind-the-scenes with our writer

March 21, 2022May 6, 2022Oxford Education
Getting hands on with science [text], with image of young children holding up a big globe

Nelson Science author, Dr. Anthony Russell discusses changes in science pedagogy and how he created a resource to cater for the new needs of tomorrow’s scientists.

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