In July 2025, the DfE published the Writing Framework, a landmark 150-page guidance document for primary schools in England. Following on from the Reading Framework in 2023, this non-statutory guide ...

Don’t let the fear of hands-on music get to you; a few basic composition activities can elevate your pupils from madcap to maestros ...

There’s a fine line between music performance anxiety and excitement, but as a teacher you have the power to turn flutters ...

Storyworld Play is not the same as free play; instead, it is an activity that is initiated and curated by adults, but ...

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These words help to limit or point to the noun. They give the reader more information straight away. Compare ‘some spiders are venomous’ to ‘that spider is venomous’. The noun stays the same, but the ...

The range for Class 1 is 11 marks, while for Class 2 the range is 17 marks – but does this mean that Class B’s marks are more ...

In this activity, pupils will learn about refraction and reflection, and how they’re different. You only need simple bits of ...

In 2021, The Harris Federation took over East London Science School – a free school that had been placed into special measures by Ofsted. Re-founded as Harris Science Academy East London, staff at the ...

Reform UK has been a fixture of the news headlines recently, but what do we know about their policies with regards to education? In a speech delivered at a private Christian college in the American ...

What is past progressive tense? Sometimes the past progressive tense is known as the past continuous tense. This is probably a better term to help remember what it is referring to. Past progressive ...