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Jul 17, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Sue Drury
PrimaryEnglish Teaching the subjunctive form to KS2 pupils can seem challenging. However, these resources and activities will give you a helping hand… by Teachwire Unlock the mysteries of the subjunctive form in KS2 with these resources and activities…It’s fair to say that not all grammar objectives are made equal. Some, such as using commas to separate items in a list, are easily understood by teachers and pupils alike.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | David Voisin |Sue Drury |Helen Mears
SecondaryEnglish There’s plenty of wisdom to be found in the words of Twelfth Night’s professional fool, as Helen Mears’ selection of significant lines shows… by DOWNLOAD A FREE RESOURCE! Macbeth revision – Complete GCSE teaching and revision resources SecondaryEnglishRevision Feste is Olivia’s professional fool. He epitomises Shakespeare’s later ‘philosopher-fools’. Shakespeare wrote him for Robert Armin to play.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Sue Drury |David Voisin |Luke Palmer
SecondaryEnglish If your students can’t see books as windows into amazing worlds, maybe someone or something is blocking their view, writes Luke Palmer… by To hear some people talk, it’s as though they think there should be a red panic button in every English classroom. ‘This child doesn’t read,’ it would say.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Robert Tregoning |Sue Drury |Lucy Starbuck Braidley
PrimaryArt & DesignEnglish Comics and graphic novels are a much more versatile teaching tool than you might think… by With homegrown comic artists like Jamie Smart flying off the booksellers’ shelves, it’s easy to see that comics and graphic novels, are experiencing a renaissance among readers in primary schools across the UK. But how can schools harness this excitement for the greatest impact across their curriculum?
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Robert Tregoning |Sue Drury
PrimarySecondaryEnglish Improve pupils’ speaking skills by explicitly teaching oracy in the classroom, with these activities, ideas and other teaching resources… by Teachwire DOWNLOAD A FREE RESOURCE! Debate KS2 – Oracy lesson plan Primary Unlock the power of effective communication and help your pupils become confident and articulate individuals with the best oracy advice and resources from education experts… Coined in the 1960s by British researcher and educator Andrew Wilkinson, ‘oracy’...
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Amanda Wright |David Voisin |Ems Lord |Sue Drury
Secondary With parental complaints to schools on the rise, it’s worth ensuring your reporting systems are sufficiently responsive, says Tamara Dasht… by All schools must have a complaints procedure, as set out in Section 29(1) of the Education Act 2002 and Part 7 of The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | David Voisin |Sue Drury
SecondaryEnglish Whether they're arguing for a good cause or selling the latest product, give your secondary students all the techniques and tricks they need to be able to write to persuade… by Teachwire DOWNLOAD A FREE RESOURCE! Persuasive writing – Full KS3/4 scheme and resources SecondaryEnglish Effective communication skills are vital for life. What better way to empower your students than by helping them to master a range of persuasive writing techniques?
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | David Voisin |Ems Lord |Sue Drury |Amanda Wright
Secondary It’s tempting to assume that learners’ behaviour results from conscious decision-making – but that’s not always the case, says Amanda Wright by Behaviour is influenced by a complex range of factors – from physical factors, such as medical conditions or disability, to psychological factors, like emotional trauma or delayed social development, and even elements of the learning environment itself, such as noise levels or seating arrangements.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Sue Drury |David Voisin
SecondaryEnglishLanguages In this new series, David Voisin takes us on a rich, and sometimes surprising journey through the realms of literacy and vocabulary… by The word ‘connoisseur’ derives from the old French meaning ‘Someone who has a special knowledge or appreciation of a field.’ In modern French there are two verbs for the term ‘to know’ – connaître and savoir. We find savoir in the expression ‘Savoir faire’, which is synonymous with ‘social know-how’.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Sue Drury |Robert Tregoning
PrimaryEnglishHealth & Wellbeing Robert Tregoning reflects on a childhood tinged with shame, but hopes his joyful story of gender expression will give solace to today’s young readers… by DOWNLOAD A FREE RESOURCE! Gender identity and sexual identity – Teacher resource sheet PrimarySecondaryHealth & Wellbeing Five-year-old me wanted so badly to twirl around in a sparkling dress. But back then, in 1991, my joyful boyhood thoughts were laced with shame.
