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https://hwrkmagazine.co.uk/what-should-i-do-if-a-child-has-finished-their-work/ A common question, but countless potential solutions. I expl...

As the 18 th of December drew closer, the fear inside me grew: what if we had to send a bubble, or more than one, home in those last few da...

  Having a bit of a laugh with students can actually be a great behaviour management technique in and of itself.  If we’re honest, many beha...

Ofsted published a new report about the impact of Covid-19on education and here’s what you know: kids are back in nappies, they eat food wi...

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Recovery. We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about recovery with regards to the curriculum we teach when schools can eventually reopen to ...

"Enjoyment and engagement of learning can, and should be, intrinsic: the act of learning is enjoyable and engaging, providing that yo...

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Remember when, as a trainee, you had to have that pristine file (or two) that contained all your paperwork? I can't even remember what...

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The idea of routines in the classroom might be a bit of a turn-off for some, but they aren’t about creating robot children who don’t thin...

I remember very clearly when my love affair with Jane Austen began. It was the summer between fifth and sixth year of high school, when I ...

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How should we teach reading? What do we even mean by 'reading'? Decoding? Comprehension? Both? Is it more than that? Scarbor...

My latest for HWRK magazine is a really important piece. We teachers spend far too much time thinking about lessons as little hour-long ch...