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Head of EAL Anna Czebiolko shares tips on providing help with English as an additional language in the mainstream classroom.

Experienced SENDCo, consultant and author Abigail Hawkins offers advice on helping students with dysgraphia or handwriting difficulties at secondary school.

Dr Helen Ross, SEND expert and educational research consultant, offers quick wins for supporting dyslexic students in mainstream lessons.

Those of us in education do not need to be reminded of the wonder of books and the benefits of reading for pleasure.

Sadly, not all children embrace the joy of reading and so World Book Day (which, this year, takes place on 2 March) can be a great opportunity to increase their engagement and get them sharing books.

Starkly powerful and deeply affecting, the poetry of World War I can be challenging to teach, particularly with younger students. Here's a selection of thoughtful classroom resources to help English students engage with the work of the celebrated soldier-poets of the great war.    

Mary Myatt is an educational author and an expert on curriculum development. Here she shares her suggestions for focusing on the quality of the curriculum and making time to do this by reducing marking and data gathering.  
 

Help students to genuinely enjoy studying Shakespeare by celebrating the beauty (and humour!) of the bard’s language and his mastery of stagecraft. We share some of our favourite resources for teachers teaching any Shakespeare play, as well as some fun classroom resources and games for KS3-5 students. 

Since Russian forces entered Ukraine on 24 February 2022, you will no doubt have heard children in your class talking about the crisis.  

This page offers advice to help you address children's concerns plus information from reliable sources to help you to answer their questions.

Whether you're reading, writing or performing poems, our poetry collection makes poetry accessible for even your youngest learners.

Here you'll find a summary of some of our most engaging activities to support children in writing their own poems to mark World Poetry Day.

It is not unheard of for Shakespeare's work to be dismissed as too hard, boring or outdated for children. However, his plays are full of magic, intrigue, comedy and insults: themes that are generally right up children's street!

With Shakespeare's birthday on the 23rd of the month, April seems like a good month to explore resources to make his work accessible to our younger learners. 

Sheena Newland, Languages Subject Advisor at Pearson, explores the difficulties involved in achieving gender neutrality in grammatically gendered languages and shares her advice and teaching resources on how to be inclusive of all genders in modern foreign language teaching.

As exam season edges closer, much of the focus will be on supporting your students. It is important to recognise, and accept, exam season could also be stressful for you. You are not alone. As these teachers confess, feeling increased stress during the exam season is a common experience for staff.

This article, based on responses from the Mental Health Foundation’s OPEN research network, summarises top tips on ways you can protect your own mental health and wellbeing, especially during the exam season.

There's no doubt that unseen fiction texts can be challenging for even the highest attaining students. Learners need strong reading, comprehension and vocabulary skills, as well as an appreciation of the effects of language, structure and literary techniques to tackle the GCSE English Language exam questions. Here's a selection of carefully scaffolded and supportive practice resources to build KS3-4 English students' confidence.  

Emily Folorunsho, head of KS4 history, SLE and lead practitioner, shares her ideas on how to celebrate and engage with Black History Month with historical rigour.

Aly Spencer is Head of ITT for the Fylde Coast SCITT. Here she shares her suggestions for fail-safe ways to get to know your students if you are a new teacher.