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Behaviour management strategies – Expert ideas for secondary Start September with high behaviour standards and carry them on throughout the year with these behaviour management strategies for KS3/4...

Start September with behaviour standards high and carry them on throughout the year with some of the best advice for KS3 and KS4…

Digital resilience – Helping students navigate life online Help staff support students online with empathy, peer guidance and open discussion to build digital resilience and promote safe internet use

As students spend more of their lives online, schools play a vital role in helping them navigate risks, build resilience and develop healthier digital habits… | via Roisin McEvoy

Nature poetry – Helping students reconnect with the world Young people are losing touch with nature – but poetry can help them reconnect, reflect and care more deeply about the world around them...

Young people are losing touch with nature – but poetry can help them reconnect, reflect and care more deeply about the world around them… | via Dr Jessica De Waal

Angles in the same segment – How to avoid confusion Students are often unsure why angles in the same segment of a circle have to be equal. Colin Foster explains how to make it clear...

Students are often unsure why angles in the same segment of a circle have to be equal. @colinfoster77.bsky.social explains how to make it clear…

Year 7 maths – How to improve foundational skills If your Year 7 maths pupils are struggling with the secondary curriculum, it may be a lack of foundational skills that’s letting them down...

If your Y7s are struggling when presented with the secondary maths curriculum, it may be a lack of foundational skills that’s letting them down… | via Paul Jenkins @hfleducation.bsky.social

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Art week – How to run a creative school-wide event Give your students a whole new appreciation of art and design via a school-wide art week – Hannah Day shows you how...

How to run a creative school-wide event | via Hannah Day

Subject-specific vocabulary – How to inject fun into the process If your students struggle with subject-specific vocabulary, here's how to inject a little fun into the learning process…

Students can often struggle with subject-specific vocabulary. Here's how to inject a little fun into the process… | via @meerachudasama.bsky.social

Reading strategy – 5 steps that Wey Valley Academy have taken Andrea Miller sets out the five steps that Wey Valley Academy in Weymouth followed when seeking to embed an effective reading strategy...

5 steps that Wey Valley Academy have taken to embed an effective reading strategy, including extending the school day to enable 30 mins of daily reading…

Male teachers – Can they be role models for teenage boys? Gordon Cairns explores what it is to be a male teacher – and whether simply being one can provide teenage boys with a positive role model...

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Neurocinematics – Create a marketing strategy in science In this KS3 science lesson plan Dr Joanna Rhodes suggests ways to explore how neurocinematics is used to change the way we think…

From making movies scarier to persuading us to part with our cash, explore how science and neurocinematics are increasingly being used to change the way we think…

Music production – Keep Year 9 motivation high Unleash learners’ musical creativity with a little technology and a lot of freedom in this Year 9 music production lesson...

Unleash learners’ musical creativity with a little technology and a lot of freedom in this Year 9 music production lesson…

English Civil War – KS3/4 written source materials lesson plan Try this creative approach to the analysis of written sources with students and see their understanding of the English Civil War blossom...

Try Tim Wright’s creative approach to the analysis of written sources with your students, and see their understanding of the English Civil War blossom…

Weather KS3 – Learning grid templates and teaching advice These KS3 weather learning grids support extended writing and deliberate practice via a dice-rolling activity...

Battle the ‘dull’ and inspire curiosity whilst imparting knowledge with these KS3 geography weather activity ideas…

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Power and conflict poetry – Use war photos to make thematic links In this lesson plan, war photography inspires learners to start making deep thematic links between Power and Conflict poetry...

Is it morally acceptable to photograph people in pain? Inspire learners to make deep thematic links between Power and Conflict poetry with this starting question…

EEF metacognition – CPD poster for schools This poster sets out the EEF ‘6 Aspects of Metacognition’ model that helps support teacher knowledge and planning...

This free poster sets out the EEF ‘6 Aspects of Metacognition’ model. This helps support teacher knowledge and planning so that you can mobilise metacognition in the classroom…

Waves physics – Exciting and unusual KS3 learning hooks From sinking ships in the Bermuda Triangle to walking with dinosaurs, this waves physics lesson uses exciting and unusual learning hooks...

From sinking ships in the Bermuda Triangle to walking with dinosaurs, this waves physics lesson uses exciting and unusual learning hooks…

GCSE proofreading exercises – Time capsule MFL lesson plan These GCSE proofreading exercises will teach MFL learners to write a perfect answer and proofread their own work efficiently...

These MFL proofreading exercises will teach learners to write a perfect answer, regardless of the context, and proofread their own work efficiently…

Circuit training GCSE PE – Developing leadership skills Try these suggestions for turning a simple GCSE PE session on circuit training into an exciting opportunity for students to take the lead…

Try these suggestions for turning a simple GCSE PE session on circuit training into an exciting opportunity for students to take the lead…

Earth Similarity Index – Planet suitability activity for KS3/KS4 In this Earth Similarity Index activity, students need to think about the challenges they would face on four different planetary bodies...

In this science activity, pupils look at details about the conditions and resources available on four different planetary bodies. They'll need to think about the challenges they would face on each of these worlds and what they might need to survive...

Debate in Spanish – KS4 MFL lesson plan Inspire learners towards more creative thinking and ambitious articulation with this Spanish debate lesson plan...

Inspire your KS4 learners towards more creative thinking and more ambitious articulation by giving them a mystery to solve in this Spanish debate lesson plan…

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Critical analysis – Use Gatsby to get pupils debating literature These fun and engaging activities will inspire of love critical analysis and create a ‘good noise’ in your KS4 English lesson...

The most successful writing lessons come from plenty of focused, energised, high-level discussion. If our students feel opinionated and have something important to write, they will be itching to get started…

Proportional reasoning – Calculating voucher discounts KS3 lesson This proportional reasoning lesson involves comparing pairs of discount vouchers to work out which one will save you more money

In this KS3 proportional reasoning lesson, students will consider pairs of alternative discount vouchers in a restaurant and reason about which one will save them more money…

Extinction KS3 – What is extinction and why does it matter? Dr Joanna Rhodes shares a selection of engaging KS3 activities to help learners understand how extinction happens – and why it matters...

Based on current rates, the earth could be moving towards a mass extinction. In this KS3 lesson, students will investigate whether science can bring species back from extinction…

Political art – Encourage students to be political in their work Encourage students to be political in their art and fight inequality, promote clean living or explore diversity with this ideas...

Encourage students to be political in their art and fight inequality, promote clean living or explore diversity with this ideas from Emma Delpech…

Ambitious vocabulary KS3 – Lexicon-stretching activities Encourage KS3 students to use more ambitious vocabulary in their written work with these lexicon-stretching activities by Charlotte Hawker...

Encourage KS3 students to use more ambitious vocabulary in their written work with these lexicon-stretching activities…

Packaging design – Practical & memorable KS4 D&T lesson plan Learners will love this hands-on approach to the topic of packaging design – just don’t forget to hard-boil the eggs first...

KS4 learners will love this hands-on approach to the topic of packaging design – just don’t forget to hard-boil the eggs first…