Pandemic: How Teachers Can Help Pupils to Catch Up UK Schools were closed to all but key worker children on 5th January 2021 in response to COVID-19 – and re-opened on 8th March 2021. As schools re-open, and teachers adjust to their post-covid teaching jobs, Reuters reveals that the British government has pledged a £700m support package to…
Promoting literacy in schools School closures in the wake of Covid-19 restrictions have had a disproportionate effect on disadvantaged pupils, which could reverse any progress made over the last decade to narrow the attainment gap. These children were already twice as likely as their better off peers to leave primary school unable to read or…
Schools are going green – and saving money A former maths teacher has set up a project to build young people’s awareness of climate change and equip them with the knowledge and resources to tackle it in their own communities. Established in 2015, Henry Greenwood thought up the Green Schools Project while training as a maths teacher at Kingsmead…
Tackling food poverty during Covid-19 Fourteen per cent of UK families with children have experienced food insecurity in the six months up to August/September 2020, up from 11.5% before the pandemic. That’s according to research conducted by the New Food Foundation. The figure accounts for four million people, including 2.3 million children. While footballer Marcus Rashford…
10 Top Tips for New Teaching Assistants Punam Sharma is a year 6 teaching assistant at Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy in Bradford. In 2019, she won a Primary Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, in recognition of her contribution to children’s education and support. She offers those new to the profession some key advice to help set…
What are the best teaching strategies for digital home learning? In November 2020 the media reported that OFSTED has found that the home learning experience has been at best patchy, and often failing to be aligned with the classroom curriculum. Remote learning increased in response to the Covid-19 pandemic when schools closed earlier in the…
Emotional literacy support assistants – meeting children’s wellbeing needs. “The idea is to motivate children and engage them in understanding their emotions better. It’s a mixture of feelings and other difficulties we’re dealing with – anxiety, low self-esteem, sadness, angry feelings or non-compliance and friendship problems,” says Vanessa Biles, an emotional literacy support assistant (ELSA)…
Tackling the teaching assistant shortage. Teaching assistants are in short supply – that’s according to the Skills and Employment Trend Report October 2020, published by the Skills Network. It shows that teaching assistant posts are the most sought after positions in the early years and education sectors – with the number of job postings totalling 40,965 between…
Support to help school leaders overcome Covid-19 challenges. The UK government is delivering recovery support to schools and trusts to help them deal with the challenges of Covid-19. The support, announced on 9 November, will see ‘system leaders’ – successful headteachers or senior staff members – providing tailored assistance to schools and trusts facing particular…
Why Teach in London? The short answer is, ‘Why not!’ As the capital city of the United Kingdom, it’s huge, historic and immensely influential – economically, politically and culturally – so whether you’re from another part of the UK or anywhere around the world, it’s a great place to lay the foundations for your career….
