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Steve Bowkett writes an article in ‘Teach Reading and Writing’
September 21, 2017"Let's banish fear of writing. Kids need confidence to be creative, and Steve Bowkett has some great ideas for giving children faith in their abilities..."
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Danielle Bartram features in TES
September 21, 2017"Teaching the new maths GCSE has been a challenge, but this teacher found the lack of grade boundaries freed students to focus on the content of her lessons rather than what grade they might get."
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The Learning To Shape Birmingham Conference 2017 is taking place tomorrow!
September 21, 2017VENUE: THE ICC, BIRMINGHAM Date: 22 September, 2017 Time: 08:45am - 17:00pm We'd love to see you all there!
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‘Messy Maths’ is reviewed by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom
September 20, 2017"It’s a practical book aimed at those who work with children aged 3-6yrs. It covers standard maths expectations but also includes specific chapters on key issues such as “Where’s the maths in that?” which considers how to take a child-centre approach to maths outdoors."
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‘The Compleat Thunks Book’ by Ian Gilbert features in Education Magazine
September 20, 2017In The Compleat Thunks Book Ian Gilbert brings together classic Thunks from a number of his books, as well as hundreds of new ones, all designed to make your brain hurt as you think, question, debate and argue your way to a better understanding of how to survive in a world gone dangerously bonkers.
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Our Book Of The Week is a People’s Book Prize award winner - ‘The Wolf is Not Invited’
September 20, 2017Wolfgang is left heartbroken when his best friend Catreen runs off without him to play with Clarissa. Spider shows Wolfgang how to make his own fun and Wolfgang realises that there are other great friends out there just waiting to be met! There are some situations and feelings that we cannot change and there are some that we can. Knowing the difference between the two (and some ways to make ourselves feel happy) is a great trick to have up our sleeves!
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Trivium 21C is reviewed by Sophie Rees on Nourish-ED
September 19, 2017"This book should have a wide appeal, especially to those who may place themselves at the progressive end of the educational spectrum, because you discover that Martin Robinson wants what we all want for our children."
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Multiple books reviewed by Lisa Lillywhite at The Smart Happy Project
September 19, 2017Continue reading for Lisa's review comments on 'Messy Maths', 'The Artful Educator' and 'Reading for Pleasure'.
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