Post-Covid Checklist - Help Reduce Increased Anxiety in Primary School
UK primary schools hope to head for a smooth year of education this autumn, but it’s unrealistic to expect all pupils to bounce back.
Outdoor Activity: A No-Brainer for Primary School Children’s Physical, Mental and Academic Health
We all know that regular physical exercise is important, but sometimes we need a nudge. These 9 inspiring reasons to ‘get physical’ at school will have you and your class outdoors and on your feet!
6 Ways to a Super School Sports Day
Despite the brilliant Joe Wicks, Sport England figures show that most young people failed to meet the recommended 60 minutes of daily exercise in the 2019/20 academic year. The loss of team sport not only reduced fitness opportunities but also cut the social benefits that come with team spirit and camaraderie.
Now We Are Back In School
Now that schools are back to normal, the maintained schools amongst us are thinking about our new budgets whilst all schools will be looking towards their resourcing for the next school year.
The task of budget setting and bidding for departments, or the spending of the rest of the school’s allocated budget in academies, is well underway. As always, the School Business Leaders amongst us are doing everything we can to achieve the best value for money.
A New Year – a new focus?
No-one would argue that 2020 wasn’t our usual year, with many challenges faced by all of us. In schools, we dealt with many additional responsibilities which normally lie alongside, but not within, our remit. With the dawn of a new year, will our focus be the same?
Ten Reasons to Celebrate Teachers
The normal role of a teacher (if there ever was one) has been shaken and stirred. So in case you’ve forgotten - never forget that you (yes, you!) do a vital, essential, brilliant and important job, and deserve to be celebrated.
Teaching is rarely plain sailing, but this year has been something else. You’ve adapted, discovered new talents, worried, worked your socks off – had some highs, and a few wobbles. You’ve obeyed rigid rules and experienced crippling uncertainty. And all the time, felt deep concern for your pupils’ welfare and learning.
A Tick Too Far - The Primary School that Abolished Marking
A school in Peterborough has made the drastic decision to abolish marking altogether, taking unprecedented steps to improve the hearts and minds of both their pupils and teachers in the process.